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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>
2
uninterrupted or lasting existence <the continuance of hunger in the world despite some valiant efforts to solve the problem>
Synonyms abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence
Related Words drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survival
Antonyms cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination
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