adjournment

[ uh-jurn-muh nt ]

/ əˈdʒɜrn mənt /

the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned.

Origin of adjournment

1635–45; < Anglo-French adjournement, Middle French. See adjourn, -ment

non·ad·journ·ment, noun pre·ad·journ·ment, noun pro·ad·journ·ment, adjective re·ad·journ·ment, noun

Second, the two houses of Congress must disagree about the time of adjournment.

Obama’s Congressional Test |Michael Tomasky |August 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
When I left my substitute was just getting up to ask for the adjournment.

Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe |Eugne Brieux
On the night after this adjournment, the cannon were removed.

The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 |Various
The hour of adjournment on Friday was changed at the same time to half-past five.

The Government of England (Vol. I) |A. Lawrence Lowell

Mr. Fox said, the opposition to the adjournment was uncandid and unbecoming.

The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the |Thomas Clarkson
The first instalment of emergency war legislation was completed before the adjournment (Aug. 10) of both Houses as follows.

The Annual Register 1914 |Anonymous