Adjourn

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to Postpone; to close or suspend for the day;

— commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.

II. Adjourn ·vi To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

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