adjournment

noun

ad·​journ·​ment ə-ˈjərn-mənt 

1

: the act of adjourning

adjournment of a meeting

2

: the state or interval of being adjourned

a brief adjournment

Examples of adjournment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just how much the heat has affected daily life in the Indian capital was captured in the adjournment order of a consumer dispute court last week when the most intense period of the heat wave began. —Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 29 May 2024

Minnesota’s legislative session ended amid chaos late Sunday as Democratic-Farmer-Labor majorities pushed through a more than 1,000-page package bill less than an hour before midnight adjournment, prompting uproar from Republican lawmakers who wanted to continue debate. —Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 20 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ajournement, borrowed from Anglo-French, from ajourner "to adjourn" + -ment -ment

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1