continuance
[ kuhn-tin-yoo-uhns ]
/ kənˈtɪn yu əns /
noun
an act or instance of continuing; continuation: a continuance of war.
a remaining in the same place, condition, etc.
Law. adjournment of a step in a proceeding to a future day.
RELATED WORDS
continuation, constancy, term, run, extension, protraction, permanence, survival, guts, period, vitality, longevity, endurance, perpetuation
Nearby words
- contingent fee,
- contingent liability,
- contingent worker,
- continual,
- continually,
- continuant,
- continuate,
- continuation,
- continuation school,
- continuative
Origin of continuance
SYNONYMS FOR continuance
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continuance
/ (kənˈtɪnjʊəns) /
noun
the act or state of continuing
the duration of an action, condition, etc
US the postponement or adjournment of a legal proceeding
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continuance
mid-14c., "a keeping up, a going on," from Old French continuance (13c.), from continuer (see continue).
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