pursuance
pursuance Lexical Profile
pursuance Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The carrying out or execution of a plan, course of action, duty, or legal mandate (used especially in the phrase 'in pursuance of').
"The inspector requested access to the financial records in pursuance of his statutory duties."
The act of striving after, seeking, or continuing to work toward an objective or activity.
"She relocated to the capital in pursuance of her academic and professional ambitions."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Pursuance" is primarily restricted to formal, legal, or bureaucratic contexts, almost exclusively appearing in the prepositional phrase "in pursuance of" (meaning "in the carrying out of" a plan, duty, or law); in general contexts, "pursuit" is standard.
• Rhymes for pursuance
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 16th century from the verb "pursue" and the suffix "-ance," modeled on Anglo-Norman French "pursuance," from Old French "pursuir" (to follow closely), ultimately from Latin "prosequi."