Synonyms for pursuance
pərˈsu ənspur·suance

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1. pursuit, pursuance, questnoun

   a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

   "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"

   Synonyms:
   prosecution, sideline, quest, following, pastime, pursual, spare-time activity, avocation, hobby, chase, by-line, pursuit, interest, seeking

2. pursuance, prosecutionnoun

   the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

   Synonyms:
   quest, criminal prosecution, prosecution, pursuit

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1. • Continuance

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1. pursuancenoun

   Synonyms:
   pursuit, prosecution, following out

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1. List of paraphrases for "pursuance":

   virtue, fulfilment, implementation, application, accordance, compliance

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1. William Howard Taft:

   The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest.

2. Jean-Pierre Levy:

   In the pursuance of ocean governance we must strive to reduce the north-south gap