Adjournment
131postponement — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. respite, suspension, adjournment; see delay 1 , pause 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of putting off or the condition of being put off: adjournment, deferment, deferral, delay, stay1, suspension, waiver. See… …
132adjourn — ad|journ [əˈdʒə:n US ə:rn] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ajourner, from jour day ] 1.) [I and T] if a meeting, parliament, law court etc adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it stops for a short time ▪ It was almost noon… …
