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

Slavik claimed that the witness' attorney provided documents to Diddy's team pertaining to a keyword search, to which the judge suggested prosecutors turn over full documents via thumb drive or face a possible adjournment or subpoena. —Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025

The adjournment date was two weeks past their goal of ending by March 21. —Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2025

His lawyers asked for an adjournment to the trial, which is slated to begin next month, and argued that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has been withholding upwards of 200,000 documents related to the case. —Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025

The Legislature reached its first adjournment last Thursday without the Senate taking action on the child care proposal. —Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 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