prorogation
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Is prorogation a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (politics) The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.Examples: "There were extraordinary scenes of chaos and anger in the House of Commons overnight as opposition MPs staged a protest against the suspension of parliament for five weeks – a prorogation that the Speaker of the House said represented “an act of executive fiat”."countableuncountable
2. (politics) The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.countableuncountable
3. (now rare) Deferral to a later time; postponement.Synonyms: cunctationarchaiccountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary