adjournment
noun/əˈdʒɜːnmənt/
/əˈdʒɜːrnmənt/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- a time when a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, is stopped for a period of time; the fact of stopping a meeting or an official process in this way
- The judge granted us a short adjournment.
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