[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pursuance \pursu"ance\, n. see pursuant.
   1. the act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or
      after.
      1913 webster

            sermons are not like curious inquiries after new
            nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --jer.
                                                  taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. the state of being pursuant; consequence.
      1913 webster

   in pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or
      fulfillment of.
      1913 webster
see also:
pursuant in pursuance of 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pursuance
     n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
          "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance
          of fame"; "a quest for wealth" syn: pursuit, quest
     2: the continuance of something begun with a view to its
        completion syn: prosecution
see also:
pursuit quest prosecution 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "pursuance":
   chase, chasing, continualness, continuance, continuation,
   continuity, dogging, endurance, extension, follow, follow-up,
   following, heeling, hounding, hue and cry, hunting, lengthening,
   maintenance, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, progress,
   progression, prolongation, prosecution, protraction, pursual,
   pursuing, pursuit, quest, repetition, run, search, searching,
   seeking, sequel, sequence, series, shadowing, stalking,
   staying power, straight course, sustained action, sustenance,
   tailing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, uninterrupted course,
   unremittingness, way

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