Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Discontinuation \Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
   discontinuation.]
   Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in
   a connected series; discontinuance.

         Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by
         bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury
         falls.                                   --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.

Source : WordNet®

discontinuation
     n : the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption
         (temporary or permanent) [syn: {discontinuance}] [ant: {continuance},
          {continuance}]