Continuation and Parenthesis

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Continuation noun - Uninterrupted or lasting existence.

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Parenthesis is an antonym for continuation.

Parenthesis noun - A break in continuity.

Usage example: regarded her husband's brief fling with a coworker as no more than a parethesis in an otherwise solid marriage

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Continuation is an antonym for parenthesis.

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Parenthesis and Continuation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuation/parenthesis

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