Origin of discontinuance
Related Words for discontinuanceinterruption, finish, intermission, alternation, desuetude, adjournment, ending, disruption, cease, separation, termination, stopping, close, closing, disjunction, cessation, discontinuation, desistance
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Historical Examples of discontinuance
There is no hint of its discontinuance in the new dispensation.Usury
But the club, as a club, was not averse to a discontinuance of the present state of things.
He had fully appreciated the discontinuance of the whispers, and was aware of the cause.
When I read this I tried to think out the reason for the discontinuance.Crimes of Charity
They, however, failed to show the discontinuance of the office.Ten Years Among the Mail Bags
late 14c., from Anglo-French, from Old French discontinuer (see discontinue).