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continuity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of continuity

uninterrupted or lasting existence

after being shuttled from one foster home to another, the child needs some continuity of care

Synonyms of continuity

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

Words Related to continuity

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

enduringness, permanence

Near Antonyms of continuity

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

Antonyms of continuity

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

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