DISCONTINUANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does discontinuance mean? 

• DISCONTINUANCE (noun)
  The noun DISCONTINUANCE has 1 sense:

1. the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

  Familiarity information: DISCONTINUANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCONTINUANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

discontinuance; discontinuation

Hypernyms ("discontinuance" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discontinuance"):

disfranchisement (the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote)

disinheritance (the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit)

phase-out (the act or instance of a planned discontinuation)

prorogation (discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it)

dismount (the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.))

Antonym:

continuance (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)

Derivation:

discontinue (put an end to a state or an activity)

 Context examples 

Fatigued as she had been by the morning's walk they had no sooner dined than she set off again in quest of her former acquaintance, and the evening was spent in the satisfactions of an intercourse renewed after many years' discontinuance.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)