Another word for protraction | Synonyms for protraction

Another word for protraction

noun

The act of making something longer or the condition of being made longer:

elongation, extension, prolongation. See long

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In April the friends heard of the second and final overthrow of Ludovico it Moro, and at that news, giving up all idea of a return to Milan, moved on to Florence, which they found depressed both by internal troubles and by the protraction of the indecisive and inglorious war with Pisa.

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