1
[ verb ] close at the end of a session

Synonyms

break_up recess

Examples

"The court adjourned"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The judge became ill just as the Colfax_District_Court convened , no substitute was brought_in , no criminal cases heard , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine_die after sitting a_few days instead_of the usual three weeks .

Related terms

terminate end respite

2
[ verb ] break from a meeting or gathering

Synonyms

retire withdraw

Examples

"We adjourned for lunch" "The men retired to the library"

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