cessation
nounUS /sɛˈseɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. By surface analysis, cease + -ation. Compare cession < cede.
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Formal A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition1856, 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:
- The day […]was […]yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI:
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- With the cessation of hostilities, the military traffic declined considerably, although at least two years will be required to remove the many thousands of tons of explosives still stored at the depot.1947 January and February, “Wartime Traffic at Tanfield, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 47:
- Derived terms
- cessationism, cessationist, postcessation
- Related terms
- cession