continuance

con·tin·u·ance  (kn-tny-ns)

n.

1. The act or fact of continuing.

2. The time during which something exists or lasts; duration.

3. A continuation or sequel.

4. Law Postponement or adjournment to a future date.

Usage Note: Continuance is interchangeable with continuation in some of its senses. However, only continuance is used to refer to the duration of a state or condition, as in his continuance in office. Continuation applies especially to prolongation or resumption of action (a continuation of the meeting) or to physical extension (the continuation of the street). The continuation of a story is that part of the story following a break in its narration.

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continuance

Noun

1. the act of continuing

2. duration

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	continuance - the act of continuing an activity without interruption continuation activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction - the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" repeating, repetition - the act of doing or performing again perseverance, perseveration, persistence - the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate" abidance - the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) pursuance, prosecution - the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion survival - something that survives discontinuance, discontinuation - the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
	2.	continuance - the period of time during which something continues duration period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" clocking - the time taken to traverse a measured course; "it was a world record clocking" longueur - a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art) residence time - the period of time spent in a particular place span - the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" stint, stretch - an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" time scale - an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration; "on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment" note value, time value, value - (music) the relative duration of a musical note rule - the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"
	3.	continuance - the property of enduring or continuing in time duration time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

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continuance

noun perpetuation, lasting, carrying on, keeping up, endurance, continuation, prolongation