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Cessation

//sɛˈseɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final. countable, formal, uncountable

    "it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition"

  2. 2
    a stopping wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. By surface analysis, cease + -ation. Compare cession < cede.

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