cessation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.

/sɛˈseɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cessation.wav

cessation cessations

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

hiatus moratorium recess endpoint terminus close

cession

cessationism cessationist postcessation

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