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discontinuance

discontinuance noun: the occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.

Noun

discontinuance (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuances)

  1. The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
    • If any railway official, policeman, or member of the Forces on duty, requests the discontinuance of any particular form of observation or note-taking, it is clearly right to give immediate compliance, especially when it is borne in mind that public authorities now have very wide powers to hold...1940 July, “Notes and News: The appearance of Evil—A Warning to Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, page 418
    • The loss I felt when there was nothing in the mail box on Monday morning made me acutely aware how much I looked forward to each new issue! It's discontinuance would certainly leave a deep sense of loss with me.1978 February 11, Ahmose, “Our Great Need”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 4

discontinuance meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada

discontinuance in Hindi

discontinuance
विरति virati

discontinuance in Tamil

இடையறவு தொடர்பறுத்தல், தொடர்பை நிறுத்துதல், இடைநிறுத்து

discontinuance in Kannada

discontinuance
ನಿಷೇಧ niṣēdha

Synonyms of discontinuance

Antonyms

Forms of discontinuance

pluraldiscontinuances

Origin of discontinuance

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French descontinuer.

Words formed from discontinuance

Questions about discontinuance

What does discontinuance mean?
Discontinuance means the occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
What is discontinuance in Hindi?
Discontinuance in Hindi is विरति (virati). See Discontinuance meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discontinuance?
Discontinuance is a noun.
What is the plural of discontinuance?
The plural of discontinuance is discontinuances.

Words near discontinuance in the dictionary

  1. discontiguousness
  2. discontinous
  3. discontinua
  4. discontinuable
  5. discontinually
  6. discontinuance
  7. discontinuances
  8. discontinuation
  9. discontinuations
  10. discontinuative
  11. discontinue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discontinuance (page history and authors); विरति (Hindi) (page history and authors); discontinuance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ನಿಷೇಧ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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