To postpone.
The trial was adjourned for a week.
To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
To end or suspend an event.
The court will adjourn for lunch.
From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").
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