adjourner

Verb

adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

1. (transitive) To postpone.
   • The trial was adjourned for a week.
2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
   • It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
   • The court will adjourn for lunch.
4. (formal, intransitive, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
   • After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.