adjournment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, equivalent to adjourn +‎ -ment. === Noun === adjournment (countable and uncountable, plural adjournments) The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning. (rhetoric) Ampliatio. ==== Synonyms ==== (action of adjourning): deferral, procrastination; see also Thesaurus:deferment ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === adjournment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia