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Cessation

Cessation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cessation? [n] a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cessation: surcease Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cessation: abandonment \| abeyance \| abjuration \| abjurement \| absentation \| apodosis \| breach \| break \| caesura \| casting away \| catastrophe \| cease \| ceasing \| close \| closing \| coda \| cold storage \| conclusion \| consummation \| crack of doom \| culmination \| curtain \| curtains \| dead set \| dead stand \| dead stop \| deadlock \| death \| decease \| decline \| denouement \| desistance \| destination \| destiny \| desuetude \| discontinuance \| disuse \| doom \| dying down \| ebb \| ebbing \| effect \| end \| end point \| ending \| envoi \| epilogue \| eschatology \| evacuation \| expiration \| fate \| final solution \| final twitch \| final words \| finale \| finality \| finis \| finish \| fissure \| forbearance \| forsaking \| full stop \| gap \| goal \| halt \| hiatus \| homestretch \| interim \| intermission \| interruption \| interval \| izzard \| jettison \| jettisoning \| lacuna \| lapse \| last \| last breath \| last gasp \| last lap \| last round \| last stage \| last things \| last trumpet \| last words \| latter end \| leaving \| letup \| lock \| lull \| nonexercise \| omega \| pause \| payoff \| period \| peroration \| pulling out \| quietus \| relinquishment \| renouncement \| renunciation \| resignation \| resolution \| resting place \| stand \| standstill \| stillstand \| stop \| stoppage \| stopping place \| subsidence \| suspension \| swan song \| term \| terminal \| termination \| terminus \| throwing overboard \| waiver \| wane \| waning \| windup \| withdrawal \| Z See Also \| halt \| legal separation \| separation \| stop Cessation In Webster's Dictionary \Cessa"tion\ (s[e^]ss[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F. cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See {Cease}.] A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. --Motley. The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. --Sir J. Hayward. {Cessation of arms} (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purposes. Syn: Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission; interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.

Cessation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cessation?

[n] a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cessation: surcease

See Also | halt | legal separation | separation | stop

Cessation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ces*sa"tion\ (s[e^]s*s[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See {Cease}.]
A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary
or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.

      The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities.
                                               --Motley.

      The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation
      from labor.                              --Sir J.
                                               Hayward.

{Cessation of arms} (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to
   by the commanders of armies, to give time for a
   capitulation, or for other purposes.

Syn: Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission;
     interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.

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