cessation
noun
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interruption, recess, rest, freeze, layoff, cease, close, pause, end, stoppage, arrest, time-out, suspension, conclusion, finish, halt, remission, stop, stay, breakExamples from the Web for cessation
Contemporary Examples of cessation
They wrote a campaign platform that called, “after four years of failure to restore the Union,” for “a cessation of hostilities.”
Some have speculated that cessation of CPR decreases pressure in the chest cavity, allowing blood to return to the heart.
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 SudanJohn Prendergast, Akshaya Kumar
January 24, 2014
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 SudanJohn Prendergast, Akshaya Kumar
January 24, 2014
Our company is not in the business of making products for cessation.
Historical Examples of cessation
All the while he was watching mercilessly for the cessation of the struggles.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
There was no cessation, but the regular moment's pause, in the utterance of these sounds.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
With a decline in prices, mostly, the cessation of the demand coincides.
Bremen Cotton ExchangeAndreas Wilhelm Cramer
Again, when pleasure ceases, that sort of rest or cessation will be painful?
The RepublicPlato
Let us not, then, be induced to believe that pure pleasure is the cessation of pain, or pain of pleasure.
The RepublicPlato