1. break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later: "the meeting was adjourned until December 4"
▪ (of people who are together) go somewhere else, typically for refreshment: "they adjourned to a local bar"Similarwithdrawretireretreatbeat a retreattake oneselfdecampdepartgo outgo offgo awayexitformal:repairremoveliterary:betake oneselfrare:abstract oneself
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘summon someone to appear on a particular day’): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) ‘to an (appointed) day’.
