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   adjourn

   /əˈdʒəːn/

   verb

   • 1. break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later: "the meeting was adjourned until December 4"
   • ▪ (of a group of people) go somewhere for rest or refreshment: "they adjourned to a local pub" Similar withdrawretireretreatbeat a retreattake oneselfdecampdepartgo outgo offgo awayexitformal:repairremoveliterary:betake oneselfrare:abstract oneself
   • ▪ put off or postpone (a resolution or sentence): "sentence was adjourned for a social inquiry report" Similar suspendbreak offdiscontinueinterruptpostponeput offput backdeferdelayhold overhold in abeyanceshelvepigeonholestayproroguedissolveterminatebring to an endhaltcall a halt topausesuspend proceedingstake a breakrecessbreak upendcome to an endput overtablelay on the tabletake a recessinformal:put on iceput on the back burnerput in cold storagemothballtake a breatherlet upknock offtake fivetake a rain checkcontinuerare:remitrespite

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘summon someone to appear on a particular day’): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) ‘to an (appointed) day’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   • D

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   • J

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