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Verb: adjourn  u'jurn
  1. Close at the end of a session
    "The court adjourned"
    - recess, break up
     
  2. Break from a meeting or gathering
    "We adjourned for lunch"
    - withdraw, retire

Derived forms: adjourned, adjourns, adjourning

See also: adjournment

Type of: cease, close, close down, close up, end, finish, fold, shut down, stop, terminate

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