cessation

[ se-sey-shuhn ]

/ sɛˈseɪ ʃən /

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noun

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

OTHER WORDS FOR cessation

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

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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

Words nearby cessation

České Budějovice, Československo, Cesky terrier, cespitose, cess, cessation, cessative, cesser, cession, cessionary, cesspipe

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How to use cessation in a sentence

It potentially shows the complex set of cascading events that can follow from human activity or the cessation of human activity.
China’s covid lockdown led to an earlier, greener spring, a new study suggests|Tik Root|August 25, 2021|Washington Post
The $40 million will help fund vaping cessation and prevention programs, as well as e-cigarette-focused research.
Juul Is Paying $40 Million to Rebuild Its Reputation. Will It Work?|Jamie Ducharme|June 29, 2021|Time
Across their stories, we read how their bodies changed over the years, with their breasts withering, the cessation of menstruation — and their skin gaining a darker and coarse complexion.
Anti-Blackness and transphobia are older than we thought|Roland Betancourt|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
When nicotine-replacement therapies went over-the-counter for smoking cessation, we saw increases in utilization simply from going from requiring a prescription to going to over-the-counter.
Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers (Ep. 459)|Stephen J. Dubner|April 22, 2021|Freakonomics

This path led to an increasing level of military engagement with tribes across the West, and consequently the signing of treaties intended to subdue Native peoples and to force the cessation of lands.
The Department of the Interior Shaped My Life|Dr. Len Necefer|March 15, 2021|Outside Online
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
In that regard, no one knows whether cessation of potent anti-HIV medications will result in newly detectable virus.
The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope|Kent Sepkowitz|March 7, 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
The declaration of war, or cessation thereof, used to be proclaimed in the market by the High Bailiff.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
But Mrs. Armine still lay awake, felt as if the cessation of the singing had made her less capable of sleeping.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
The third skulker took advantage of the cessation of firing to tumble down from his perch and fly for his life.
Overland|John William De Forest
Towards the end of the last decade of the nineteenth century there was for a time a cessation of the continuous increase.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The cessation of Welsh distractions had greatly favoured the advancement of Shrewsbury.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds|Francis Aiden Hibbert

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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