Continuance

Quick meaning: Continuance is a noun meaning (uncountable) The action of continuing.

Meaning

(uncountable) The action of continuing.

More Meanings

1. The period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
2. (countable, law, chiefly US) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

Example Sentences

In the living state, the body is observed to […] adopt most effectual measures for the permanent continuance of its species.

[…] the interview's continuance already had attracted observation from some topmen aloft and other sailors in the waist or further forward.

There is little to report of changes on the Great Eastern Line other than deceleration, doubtless explained by continuance of the electrification work.

The gentlemen of the mission were present at a splendid festival, called "The Yam Custom." […] During the continuance of it, (as in the ancient Saturnalia) neither theft, intrigue, nor assault, are punishable, but licentiousness of every kind prevails.

Word Forms

• continuances
• continuaunce

Synonyms for continuance

Depending on context, synonyms include perdurance, remanence, duration, continuation.

Antonyms for continuance

Common opposites include discontinuance, discontinuation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include continuation, duration, continuing, continuity, perpetuation, permanence.

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