Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Continuance \Con*tin"u*ance\, n. [OF. continuance.]
   1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state;
      permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.;
      perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

            Great plagues, and of long continuance. --Deut.
                                                  xxviii. 59.

            Patient continuance in well-doing.    --Rom. ii. 7.

   2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal;
      perpetuation; propagation.

            The brute immediately regards his own preservation
            or the continuance of his species.    --Addison.

   3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] --Bacon.

   4. (Law)
      (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one
          day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
      (b) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof
          on the record.

Source : WordNet®

continuance
     n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn:
           {continuation}] [ant: {discontinuance}, {discontinuance}]
     2: the period of time during which something continues [syn: {duration}]
     3: the property of enduring or continuing in time [syn: {duration}]