plenary

All members present

Plenary means full, complete, or attended by all members.

A plenary session at a conference brings everyone together, as opposed to breakout groups or committee meetings.

Plenary powers are absolute and unrestricted.

The council met in plenary to vote on the resolution.

The word appears almost exclusively in formal or institutional contexts.

assembly

conference

Organized meeting for discussion

forum · gathering · session · convocation · council · delegates · parliament · synod · caucus · colloquium

complete

total

Complete sum

comprehensive · exhaustive · inclusive · all-encompassing · integral · undivided · unabridged · unmitigated · absolute · global

authority

jurisdiction

Legal authority's scope

governance · dominion · autonomy · command · control · absolute · unrestricted · unlimited · unqualified · unconditional

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completeness/fullness

plenarypartial

Favoring one side

incomplete · limited · restricted · abbreviated · abridged

participation/attendance

plenarybreakout

Sudden escape from restraint

committee · subcommittee · sectional · divisional · workshop

authority/power

plenarylimited

Restricted in extent

restricted · constrained · conditional · circumscribed · qualified

Family

complete, plenty, compliment, implement, deplete, replenish, plenitude

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