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Vinony

adjournment

noun

  1. in board games, mechanism to suspend a game, so it can be continued at another time
  2. (bring to a) close
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, from ajourner (“to postpone”) + -ment. Equivalent to adjourn + -ment. Doublet of aggiornamento.

  1. The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.

    “At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.”

    “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 […]”

  2. Ampliatio.