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

With another month, at least, before adjournment, here’s what lawmakers have — and have not yet — done on Capitol Hill. —Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

The Legislature cannot reconvene after adjournment to address further business from that session, further distinguishing it from a recess. —Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025

Just before adjournment, House assistant majority leader Lori Gramlich proposed a resolution that upon adjourning, Libby's full voting and speaking rights would be restored. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025

Moving massive bills in the final days of spring session is often the norm in Springfield, which also saw lawmakers publicly introduce and pass a $55 billion budget package within days of adjournment this year. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025

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

Rhymes for adjournment

• attornment
• concernment
• discernment
• internment