Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Adjournment has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
the termination of a meeting
"The committee voted to call an adjournment after discussing the budget for two hours."
the act of postponing to another time or place
"The judge granted an adjournment until next Monday so the witnesses could travel from out of state."
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
"The long parliamentary session ended in a sudden adjournment after the heated debate over the new budget."