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

The executive action follows the adjournment of a second special legislative session earlier in September. —Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025

Eventually, Boasberg called a forty-minute adjournment and instructed Ensign to get more information from the Department of Homeland Security. —Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025

About 80 government ministers are attending talks that will last 10 days — the longest session yet, with adjournment scheduled for Aug. 14. —Jennifer McDermott, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025

The second obstacle is that the House would also have to agree to a longer-term adjournment resolution to opt out of pro forma sessions that block the president from making recess appointments. —Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 31 July 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