pursuance

Carrying something out

Pursuance is a formal word for the carrying out or pursuit of something: in pursuance of his duties, in pursuance of justice.

It appears almost exclusively in the phrase in pursuance of, meaning in the process of executing or following through on a plan, goal, or obligation.

The word belongs to legal and bureaucratic registers.

execution

implementation

Putting plans into effect

conduct · enactment · continuation · advancement · proceeding · following · discharge · performance · accomplishment · completion

Opposites
active continuation vs. cessation

pursuanceabandonment

Act of leaving permanently

discontinuation · cessation · termination · relinquishment · desistance

fulfillment vs. failure to fulfill

pursuancenonfulfillment

Failure to complete obligations

nonperformance · neglect · dereliction · default · failure

deliberate action vs. inaction

pursuanceinaction

Deliberate nonmovement

passivity · idleness · inactivity · indifference · apathy

Family

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