Cessation

//sɛˈseɪʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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abandonmentabeyanceabjurationabjurementabsentationapodosis

Example

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"Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation."

Etymology

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

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