Found 3 hits - Term: protraction, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
protraction \protrac"tion\, n. l. protractio.
1. a drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the
termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay;
as, the protraction of a debate.
1913 webster
a protraction only of what is worst in life.
--mallock.
1913 webster
2. surv.
a the act or process of making a plot on paper.
b a plot on paper.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
protraction
n 1: the consequence of being lengthened in duration syn: lengthiness,
prolongation, continuation
2: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
prolongation of the peace talks" syn: prolongation, perpetuation,
lengthening
see also:
lengthiness prolongation continuation perpetuation lengthening
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
47 moby thesaurus words for "protraction":
adjournal, adjournment, continualness, continuance, continuation,
continuity, dallying, deferment, deferral, delay, elongation,
endurance, extension, extension of time, lag, lengthening,
lingering, maintenance, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence,
postponement, procrastination, production, progress, progression,
prolongation, prorogation, pursuance, putting-off, repetition, run,
stay, staying power, straight course, strain, stretch, stretching,
stringing out, suspension, sustained action, sustenance, tabling,
tension, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, way
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