CONTINUANCE

continuance, continuation

(noun) the act of continuing an activity without interruption

duration, continuance

(noun) the property of enduring or continuing in time

duration, continuance

(noun) the period of time during which something continues

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

continuance (countable and uncountable, plural continuances)

(uncountable) The action of continuing.

(countable, legal) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

Synonyms

• (action of continuing): perdurance, remanence; see also permanence

Antonyms

• discontinuance

Source: Wiktionary

Con*tin"u*ance, n. Etym: [OF. continuance.]

1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Great plagues, and of long continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii. 7.

2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewell; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immedistely regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison.

3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] Bacon.

4. (Law) (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition