Antonyms for continuance
kənˈtɪn yu ənscon·tin·u·ance

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. continuancenoun

   Antonyms:
   discontinuance

2. continuancenoun

   Antonyms:
   discontinuance

3. continuancenoun

   Antonyms:
   discontinuance

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. continuancenoun

   Antonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

   Synonyms:
   constancy, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

Matched Categories

1. • Activity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. continuance, continuationnoun

   the act of continuing an activity without interruption

   Antonyms:
   discontinuance, discontinuation

   Synonyms:
   good continuation, sequel, prolongation, law of continuation, continuation, protraction, lengthiness, duration

2. duration, continuancenoun

   the period of time during which something continues

   Antonyms:
   discontinuance, discontinuation

   Synonyms:
   continuation, duration, length

3. duration, continuancenoun

   the property of enduring or continuing in time

   Antonyms:
   discontinuation, discontinuance

   Synonyms:
   continuation, duration, length

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1. continuancenoun

   Synonyms:
   endurance, persistence, constancy, continuation

How to use continuance in a sentence?

1. Jeb Bush:

   I would say the best part of the Obama administration has been his continuance of the protections of the homeland using the big metadata programs, the NSA being enhanced, even though he never defends it, even though he never admits it, there has been a continuation of a very important service, which is the first obligation of our national government is to keep us safe.

2. Saadi Shirazi:

   No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who leaveth behind him a good name.*

3. Dutch Migration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff:

   So member states invited the (European) Commission to prepare the legal and practical basis for the continuance of temporary border measures through Article 26 of the Schengen border code.

4. Frank Moore Colby:

   Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance

5. Dutch Migration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff:

   Currently, the temporary border measures can be taken only for a limited period of six months. But the unprecedented influx of asylum seekers, which compelled member states to take these measures nationally, have not decreased yet, so member states invited the (European) Commission to prepare the legal and practical basis for the continuance of temporary border measures through Article 26 of the Schengen border code.

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