cessation

[ se-sey-shuhn ]

/ sɛˈseɪ ʃən /

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noun

a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance: a cessation of hostilities.

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Origin of cessation

1350–1400; Middle English cessacio(u)n < Latin cessātiōn- (stem of cessātiō) delay, inactivity, stoppage, equivalent to cessāt(us) past participle of cessāre to delay, stop (cess(us) yielded, ceded (ced- cede + -tus past participle suffix) + -ātus -ate¹) + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR cessation

stop, halt, end, suspension, stay, recess.

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Examples from the Web for cessation

They wrote a campaign platform that called, “after four years of failure to restore the Union,” for “a cessation of hostilities.”
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed|Marc Wortman|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some have speculated that cessation of CPR decreases pressure in the chest cavity, allowing blood to return to the heart.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is unclear if this week's cessation of hostilities will be able to put that genie back in the bottle.
Government Ceasefire Is First Step Towards Peace in South Sudan|John Prendergast, Akshaya Kumar|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Thursday, delegates representing the government signed a cessation of hostilities agreement with the armed opposition.
Government Ceasefire Is First Step Towards Peace in South Sudan|John Prendergast, Akshaya Kumar|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Our company is not in the business of making products for cessation.
E-Cigarettes, Facing Ban, Still Figuring Out What They Want to Be|Alex Halperin|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An armistice is the cessation of active hostilities for a period agreed between belligerents.
International Law|George Grafton Wilson and George Fox Tucker
The tetanic stage is followed by paralysis of reflex movements and cessation of breathing, the heart continuing to beat.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
It was evident that she was hurt at the cessation of Dunham's attentions.
The Lady of the Aroostook|William Dean Howells
Good is loved on account of evil, but for the sake of obtaining a remedy to or cessation of the evil.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4)|George Grote
She was in that delicious, drowsy, yet stimulated, state which follows the cessation of suffering.
The Preliminaries|Cornelia A. P. Comer

British Dictionary definitions for cessation

cessation

/ (sɛˈseɪʃən) /

noun

a ceasing or stopping; discontinuance; pausetemporary cessation of hostilities

Word Origin for cessation

C14: from Latin cessātiō a delaying, inactivity, from cessāre to be idle, desist from, from cēdere to yield, cede

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Word Origin and History for cessation

cessation

mid-15c., cessacyoun "interruption, abdication," from Latin cessationem (nominative cessatio) "a delaying, ceasing, tarrying," noun of action from past participle stem of cessare "delay" (see cease (n.)).

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