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Discontinuance

The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Disfranchisement 76% connected

The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.

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Disinheritance 76% connected

The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

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Dismount 76% connected

To come down; to descend.

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Prorogation 76% connected

The act of counting in duration; prolongation.

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Discontinuation 92% connected

Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

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Continuance 94% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

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Continuance 94% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

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(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Act of God noun · 78% connection

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unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Inevitable accident noun · 78% connection

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Recission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Rescission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Unavoidable casualty noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Adultery noun · 78% connection

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or volunta…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discontinuing, discontinued, want, continued, connection.
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Break verb · 78% connection

An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.

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Breakage noun · 78% connection

The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

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Breaker noun · 78% connection

Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…

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Commune noun · 78% connection

Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

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Communicate verb · 78% connection

To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicati…

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Communion noun · 78% connection

Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of t…

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; c…

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Continued p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after i…

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Continuity noun · 78% connection

the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.

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Continuous adjective · 78% connection

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant;…

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Conversation noun · 78% connection

Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discontinuing, discontinued, want, continued, connection.
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Correspond verb · 78% connection

To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discontinuing, discontinued, want, continued, connection.
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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

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Dauphin noun · 78% connection

The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinue…

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Discontinuable adjective · 78% connection

Admitting of being discontinued.

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Discontinuee noun · 78% connection

One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.

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