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prorogation

noun as in adjournment

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While he was forced to be with us, he was weary of us, pining for his home, counting the hours to the prorogation.

On the prorogation of the provincial parliament everything denoted imminent troubles.

This day the Parliament met again, after a long prorogation, but what they have done I have not been in the way to hear.

The king replied that he would not interfere with its work either by dissolution or prorogation.

The house again met in March, in order to complete the business which remained unfinished at the recent prorogation.

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On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prorogation, such as: deferment, deferral, interruption, postponement, recess, and break.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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