cessation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛˈseɪʃən/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)

1. (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 1138660207:

     it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.

Synonyms

• (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
• (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish

Translations

a ceasing or discontinuance

• Bulgarian: прекратяване (bg) (prekratjavane), спиране (bg) (spirane)
• Dutch: beëindiging (nl)
• Finnish: lakkaaminen (fi), lopettaminen (fi)
• French: cessation (fr) f
• German: Unterbrechung (de) f
• Greek: κατάπαυση (el) f (katápafsi), αναστολή (el) f (anastolí), διακοπή (el) f (diakopí)

• Irish: faill f
• Maori: pārirātanga
• Polish: zaprzestanie (pl) n
• Russian: прекраще́ние (ru) n (prekraščénije)
• Slovak: zastavenie
• Spanish: cese (es) m
• Telugu: ముగింపు (te) (mugimpu)
• Tocharian B: āralñe

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cessātiō. Morphologically, from cesser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/, /se.sa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cessation f (plural cessations)

1. cessation

Further reading

• “cessation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.