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-ance, -ancy
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ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence
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continuance, continuation
continuance (kuhn TIN yoo uhns) (noun)
The postponement of the proceedings in a court to a future date: The judge ordered the continuance of the trial for the following week.
continuation (kuhn tin" yoo AY shuhn) (noun)
The resumption of an activity after an interruption: The children in the class anxiously awaited the continuation of the story after lunch.
The continuation of the trial was scheduled for two weeks after the judge ordered a continuance for health reasons.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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