Continuation
Continuation noun - Uninterrupted or lasting existence.
Usage example: the continuation of high unemployment has cost the government much support
Ending is an antonym for continuation.
Ending
Ending noun - The stopping of a process or activity.
Usage example: the best part about any dental procedure is its ending
Continuation is an antonym for ending.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Asuka fans consider it to be the true continuation and ending of End of Evangelion, while others feel conflicted about the plot direction it takes, particularly some very graphic sex scenes (in the unedited version) and plot details towards the ending.
- This naturally continues in the continuation comics, with several issues ending with events that should by all rights end the series altogether, only for things to renew with the next issue.
Source: Negative Continuity - Many felt that the ending was incomplete, and in the 15th century, an Italian poet named Maffeo Vegio wrote a continuation for it, which was widely printed in later editions.
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Ending and Continuation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuation/ending
Continuation & Ending. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuation/ending>.
Ending or Continuation. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuation/ending.
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