- pursuit, pursuance, quest - a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"
--1 is a kind of search
--1 has particulars: wild-goose chaseDerived form: verb pursue3 - pursuance, prosecution - the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
--2 is a kind of continuance, continuation
Derived form: verb pursue4