Arrestment and Continuance

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Arrestment noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Usage example: the arrestment of all brain activity in the patient

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Continuance is an antonym for arrestment.

Continuance noun - The period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress.

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Arrestment is an antonym for continuance.

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Continuance and Arrestment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arrestment/continuance

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