Discontinue

dis-kon-tin-'u, v. To interrupt the con- tinuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit, put an end to; to cease attention to, or entertainment or — reception of; to break the continuity of, disunite. v. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be separated or severed; to part. — Disc on tin'uer, n. — Discontinuance, -ans, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.; want of continuity of parts. {Law.) A breaking off or interruption of an estate; termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues action; technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading, when a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. — Dis'contin'ua'tion, n. Breach of continuity; discontinuance; disruption. — Discon'tinn'- — ity, -nu'Y-tY, n. Want of continuity or cohesion. Discontinuous, -u-us, a. Not continuous.