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noun
Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Deferral to a later time; postponement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: discontinuance, discontinuation
History
From Anglo-Norman prorogation, Middle French prorogation, and their source, Latin prōrogātiō (“extension, postponement”).
