adjournment

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
  2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Ampliatio.

Synonyms

postponement
37k
delay
B2
suspension
C1
respite
28k
interruption
C2
deferment
stop
A1
🛑
procrastination
recess
C1
interrupt
B2
dissolution
32k
moratorium
40k
transplantation
48k
break
A1
assignment
B2
reprieve
25k
deferral
transfer
B2
interception
35k
intermission
22k
interpellation
move
A1
movement
B2
passage
C1
pause
C1
play
A1
prorogation
protraction
punctuation
39k
reassignment
39k
redeployment
relocation
24k
secondment
shift
B1
stay
A1
substitution
32k
surcease
switch
B1
temporize
translocation
transplant
C1
transplanting
vacation
B1

suspension of a meeting

recess of legislature

abortion
C1
transference
24k
translation
C1
abatement
abeyance
Translations

ajournement
Vertagung

verdaging

sursis
uitstel
adiamento
aggiornamento
rinvio
suspensión
aplazamiento
Aufschub

protelação

Verzögerung
suspension
Frequency

34k
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
ajournement
In summary

From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, equivalent to adjourn + -ment.

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