persistence

persistence

noun

Definition of PERSISTENCE

uninterrupted or lasting existence <the persistence of the fever for a week caused me great worry>

Synonyms abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence

Related Words drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survival

Near Antonyms abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

Antonyms cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination