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continuance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of continuance

1 the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
  • the feud between the two families was bitter and of long continuance
Synonyms of continuance

date, duration, life, life span, lifetime, run, standing, time
Words Related to continuance

spell, stretch

span, tenure, term

hitch, tour, turn

half-life

age, longevity
2 uninterrupted or lasting existence
  • the continuance of hunger in the world despite some valiant efforts to solve the problem
Synonyms of continuance

abidance, ceaselessness, continuation, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence
Words Related to continuance

drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching

enduringness, permanence

survival
Near Antonyms of continuance

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening
Antonyms of continuance

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

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