cease

Meaning

Verb

1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.
2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

Noun

Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Synonyms

stop

🛑

end

🔚

finish

terminate

discontinue

halt

quit

pause

give up

desist

suspend

conclude

come to an end

abate

leave off

rest

complete

break off

pass off

close

lay off

subside

disappear

refrain

stop doing

interrupt

break

over

abolish

cessation

knock off

abandon

vanish

abort

drop

restrain

die down

resign

pass away

avoid

cancel

calm

die

💀

kill

🔪🩸👤

interruption

break up

abrogate

hold

finished

intercept

Translations

cesser

aufhören

🛑

cessare

🛑

smettere

terminar

cesar

arrêter

finire

ophouden

cessar

acabar

terminare

🔚

stoppen

🛑

finir

beenden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːs/

Etymology

From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.