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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

adjournment

noun

1: the termination of a meeting [syn: {dissolution}]

2: the act of postponing to another time or place

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Adjournment \Ad*journ"ment\ (-ment), noun [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See {Adjourn}.]

1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

2. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
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