continuance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: continuance	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
continuance n the act of continuing an activity without interruption Synonym(s): continuance, continuation Antonym(s): discontinuance, discontinuation the period of time during which something continues Synonym(s): duration, continuance the property of enduring or continuing in time Synonym(s): duration, continuance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continuance \Contin"uance\, n. [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 continuance. --Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance in well-doing. --Rom. ii. 7. 2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immediately 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 adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.