1) An interruption 2) Conclusion 3) Discontinuation 4) Ending 5) French word used in English 6) Termination 1) Cessation 2) Discontinuation 3) Disfranchisement 4) Disinheritance 5) Dismount 6) Lapse 
• (n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. • (n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows...
Dis`con·tin'u·ance noun 1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. 2. 
A chasm or interruption in the pleading.
[n] - the act of discontinuing or breaking off
Notice given by the Court, on instruction by the claimant, that they no longer wish to proceed with the case
discontinuation noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
the act or state of discontinuing or the state of being discontinued; cessation: the discontinuance of a business. · the termination of a suit by the act of the plaintiff, as by notice in writing, or by neglect to take the proper adjournments to keep it pending.