Definition of "prorogation"

prorogation

/pɹəʊɹəˈɡeɪʃn̩/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural prorogations
1. Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
2. (politics) The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.
  Quotations
  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”.
  2019 September 10, Kate Lyons, “Brexit: chants of 'shame' as suspension of parliament descends into chaos”, in The Guardian‎
3. (politics) The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
4. (now rare) Deferral to a later time; postponement.