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discontinuance
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discontinuance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun discontinuance has 1 sense
- discontinuance(n = noun.act) discontinuation - the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent); Array is a kind of conclusion, ending, termination
has particulars: disfranchisement, disinheritance, phase-out, prorogation, dismount
Antonym: continuance
Derived form verb discontinue1
THESAURUS
discontinuance
abandonment, abeyance, abjuration, abjurement, breakoff, broken thread, brokenness, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closing, cold storage, desinence, desistance, desuetude, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuation, discontinuity, discontinuousness, discreteness, disjunction, end, ending, episode, fitfulness, forbearance, incoherence, incompleteness, intermittence, irregularity, non sequitur, noncontinuance, nonexercise, nonlinearity, nonseriality, nonuniformity, parenthesis, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, shutdown, stopping, surcease, suspension, termination, waiverROGET THESAURUS
discontinuance
Relinquishment
N relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of Adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession, unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing, Int, avast!, aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast, relinquishment, abandonment, renunciation, expropriation, dereliction, cession, surrender, dispensation, quitclaim deed, resignation, riddance, derelict, foundling, jetsam, waif, discards, culls, rejects, garbage, refuse, rubbish, relinquished, cast off, derelict, unowned, unappropriated, unculled, left, Int, away with!.Cessation
N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.
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