protraction

[ proh-trak-shuhn, pruh- ]

noun

1. the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
2. protrusion.
3. something that is protracted.
4. a drawing or rendering to scale.

Other Words From

• nonpro·traction noun
• over·pro·traction noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of protraction¹

1525–35; < Late Latin prōtractiōn- (stem of prōtractiō ) prolongation. See protract, -ion

Example Sentences

The voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of seasickness.

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This, my Lords, is the kind of damage which he has suffered by the want of witnesses, through the protraction of this trial.

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The only great dread is the protraction of life into imbecility or the visitation of lingering pain.

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It was evident that we were in a pitfall, and that resistance was only the protraction of a fate which was now inevitable.

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It was a protraction only of what is worst in life; it was in no way a completion of what is best in it.

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