Con‐tin′u‐a″tion (?), n. [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.] 1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
Preventing the continuation of the royal line.
Macaulay.
2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
My continuation of the version of Statius.
Pope.