'Continuance' definitions:

Definition of 'continuance'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation]
noun
The period of time during which something continues [syn: duration, continuance]
noun
The property of enduring or continuing in time [syn: duration, continuance]

Definition of 'Continuance'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Great plagues, and of long continuance. --Deut. xxviii. 59. [1913 Webster]
  • Patient continuance in well-doing. --Rom. ii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. [1913 Webster]
  • The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'continuance'

From: Moby Thesaurus