pur·su·ance

[per-soo-uhns]
noun
the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.

Origin:
1590–1600; pursue + -ance

non·pur·su·ance, noun
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pursuance (pəˈsjuːəns) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the carrying out or pursuing of an action, plan, etc

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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