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Prolongation
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PROLONGATION. Time added to the duration of something.
     2. When the time is lengthened during which a party is to perform a contract, the sureties of such a party are in general discharged, unless the sureties consent to such prolongation. See Giving time.
     3. In the civil law the prolongation of time to the principal did not discharge the surety. Dig. 2, 14, 27; Id. 12, 1, 40.
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The approach is different for adults: The speech pathologist makes the stutterer stop avoiding words they have trouble with and makes them change their stuttering by learning to prolongate the beginning sound of words.
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