"discontinuance" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "continuance"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "descontinuer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French descontinuer",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Anglo-Norman, from Old French descontinuer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "discontinuances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "discontinuance (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: The appearance of Evil—A Warning to Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, page 418",
          "text": "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 members of the general public in custody while inquiries are being conducted as to their bona fides.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending."
      ],
      "id": "en-discontinuance-en-noun-h88xtupP",
      "links": [
        [
          "discontinue",
          "discontinue"
        ],
        [
          "cessation",
          "cessation"
        ],
        [
          "incomplete",
          "incomplete"
        ],
        [
          "ending",
          "ending"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "discontinuation"
        },
        {
          "word": "termination"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "discontinuance"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "continuance"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "descontinuer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French descontinuer",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Anglo-Norman, from Old French descontinuer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "discontinuances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "discontinuance (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: The appearance of Evil—A Warning to Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, page 418",
          "text": "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 members of the general public in custody while inquiries are being conducted as to their bona fides.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discontinue",
          "discontinue"
        ],
        [
          "cessation",
          "cessation"
        ],
        [
          "incomplete",
          "incomplete"
        ],
        [
          "ending",
          "ending"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "discontinuation"
    },
    {
      "word": "termination"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discontinuance"
}