cessation
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French cessation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cessatio.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)
- (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- Motley
- the temporary cessation of the papal iniquities
- Sir J. Hayward
- The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labour.
- Motley
Translations
a ceasing or discontinuance
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