Meanings
plural adjournments
- countableuncountableThe state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.
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A “meeting” of an assembly is terminated by a temporary adjournment; a “session” of an assembly ends with an adjournment without day, and may consist of many meetings […]
1876, Henry Martyn Robert, “Definitions”, in Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., pages 15–16Synonyms: deferral
- countablerhetoricuncountableAmpliatio.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
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Origin
- Old Frenchajornement
- Middle Englishajournement
- Englishadjournment
From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, from ajourner (“to postpone”) + -ment. Equivalent to adjourn + -ment. Doublet of aggiornamento.
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Chinese Mandarin 延緩 /延缓, 休會 /休会
- 延緩 /延缓 (yánhuǎn)the state of being adjourned
- 休會 /休会 (xiūhuì)the state of being adjourned
French ajournement, suspension
- ajournementthe state of being adjourned
- suspensionthe state of being adjourned
German Vertagung, Verschiebung
- Vertagungthe state of being adjourned
- Verschiebungthe state of being adjourned
Greek αναβολή, διακοπή
- αναβολή (anavolí)the state of being adjourned
- διακοπή (diakopí)the state of being adjourned
Hindi स्थगन
- स्थगन (sthagan)the state of being adjourned
Hungarian elhalasztás
- elhalasztásthe state of being adjourned
Indonesian penangguhan
- penangguhanthe state of being adjourned
Japanese 延期, 休会
- 延期 (enki)the state of being adjourned
- 休会 (kyūkai)the state of being adjourned
Malay penangguhan
- penangguhanthe state of being adjourned
Norwegian Bokmål ajournement, utsettelse
- ajournementthe state of being adjourned
- utsettelsethe state of being adjourned
- utsetningthe state of being adjourned
- utsettingthe state of being adjourned
Russian отсро́чка, заде́ржка
- отсро́чка (otsróčka)the state of being adjourned
- заде́ржка (zadéržka)the state of being adjourned
- переры́в (pererýv)the state of being adjourned
Spanish postergación, prorrogación
- postergaciónthe state of being adjourned
- prorrogaciónthe state of being adjourned
- aplazamientothe state of being adjourned
- prórrogathe state of being adjourned
Swedish ajournering
- ajourneringthe state of being adjourned
Cite this entry
adjournment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjournment
“adjournment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjournment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adjournment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjournment.
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