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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Continuance \Con*tin"u*ance\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: continuance n 1: the act of continuing or resuming an activity [syn: {continuation}] [ant: {discontinuance}, {discontinuance}] 2: the period of time during which something continues [syn: {duration}] 3: the property of enduring or continuing in time [syn: {duration}]
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