About The Word Continuance
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Continuance
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What's The Definition Of Continuance?
[n] the act of continuing an activity without interruption
[n] the property of enduring or continuing in time [n] the period of time during which something continues Synonyms | Synonyms for Continuance: continuation | duration Related Terms | Find terms related to Continuance: abidingness | addendum | afterthought | age | antiquity | appendix | back matter | ceaselessness | chorus | coda | codicil | coeternity | colophon | conclusion | consequence | constancy | continualness | continuation | defeat of time | defiance of time | diuturnity | double take | durability | durableness | duration | dying words | endlessness | endurance | envoi | epilogue | eternalness | eternity | ever-duringness | everlastingness | everness | follow-through | follow-up | foreverness | immutability | incessancy | indestructibility | infinite duration | infinity | interminability | last words | lastingness | long standing | longevity | long-lastingness | long-livedness | maintenance | never-endingness | Parthian shot | parting shot | perdurability | perennation | perenniality | perennialness | permanence | peroration | perpetualness | perpetuity | persistence | postface | postfix | postlude | postscript | PS | refrain | run | second thought | sempiternity | sequel | sequela | sequelae | sequelant | sequent | sequitur | stability | standing | steadfastness | subscript | suffix | supplement | survival | survivance | swan song | tag | timelessness | unceasingness See Also | abidance | activity | clocking | lengthening | longueur | note value | period | period of time | perpetuation | perseverance | perseveration | persistence | prolongation | prosecution | protraction | pursuance | repeating | repetition | residence time | rule | span | stint | stretch | time | time period | time scale | time value | value Continuance In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tin"u*ance\, n. [OF. continuance.]
1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state;
permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.;
perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Great plagues, and of long continuance. --Deut.
xxviii. 59.
Patient continuance in well-doing. --Rom. ii. 7.
2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal;
perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation
or the continuance of his species. --Addison.
3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] --Bacon.
4. (Law)
(a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one
day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
(b) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof
on the record.
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