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persistence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of persistence

uninterrupted or lasting existence

the persistence of the fever for a week caused me great worry

Synonyms of persistence

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

Words Related to persistence

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

enduringness, permanence

Near Antonyms of persistence

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

Antonyms of persistence

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

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