cessation

Meaning

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

Synonyms

stop

🛑

pause

interruption

discontinuance

stopping

termination

rest

end

🔚

stoppage

halt

suspension

disappearance

break

surcease

cease

ceasing

extinction

abatement

alleviation

desistance

separation

allaying

conclusion

letup

loss

mitigation

mop up

moratorium

quieting

quit

refraining

relinquishment

remission

removal

removing

respite

set-back

severance

shutoff

subsidence

suppression

termination of employment

tie-up

truce

put out of action

shuttingdown

phase-down

throw-out of

absence

abstinence

Translations

cese

cessazione

cessation

cesación

cessação

παύση

Stillstand

τερματισμός

durma

διακοπή

sospensione

Unterbrechung

cessació

interruption

fasıla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛˈseɪʃən/

Etymology

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