adjourn

Verb
  1. Close at the end of a session (synset 200364950)
    "The court adjourned"
    is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    same as: break up, recess
  2. Break from a meeting or gathering (synset 202433334)
    "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
    entail: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet - collect in one place
    is a type of: close, close down, close up, fold, shut down - cease to operate or cause to cease operating
    subtypes: prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
    same as: retire, withdraw
    verb group: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others

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