| Prolongation 1. (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction. 2. (n.) That which forms an additional length. Thesaurus Entries adjournal, adjournment, coming after, consecution, consecutiveness, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, deferment, deferral, descent, elongation, endurance, extension, extension of time, following, lengthening, line, lineage, lingering, logical sequence, maintenance, order, order of succession, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, posteriority, postponement, postposition, procession, procrastination, production, progress, progression, prorogation, protraction, pursuance, putting-off, repetition, rotation, run, sequence, series, staying power, straight course, strain, stretch, stretching, stringing out, subjunction, succession, successiveness, suffixation, sustained action, sustenance, tabling, tension, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, way |