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continuation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of continuation

uninterrupted or lasting existence

the continuation of high unemployment has cost the government much support

Synonyms of continuation

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

Words Related to continuation

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

enduringness, permanence

Near Antonyms of continuation

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

Antonyms of continuation

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

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