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Adjourn

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.

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Verb group 8

Seclude 84% connected

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

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Seclude 84% connected

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

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Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Fold 76% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Terminate 76% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Prorogue 76% connected

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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Derivationally related 2

Adjournment 74% connected

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adjournment 74% connected

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

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Entails 5

Assemble 72% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Forgather 72% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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Gather 72% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meet 72% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Synonym 3

Recess 92% connected

A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retire 92% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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