Dictionary

cessation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɛˈseɪʃən/ (US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, formal, uncountable) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
   • 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:
   • it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

cessationism · cessationist · postcessation

Relateds

cession

Synonyms

close (final) · terminus · recess · endpoint · hiatus (temporary) · moratorium

Translations (41)

fi lopettaminen (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ko 정지 (a ceasing or discontinuance) · mk престанок (a ceasing or discontinuance) · de Unterbrechung (a ceasing or discontinuance) · bg прекраще́ние (a ceasing or discontinuance) · fi lakkaaminen (a ceasing or discontinuance) · be спыне́нне (a ceasing or discontinuance) · sa उपरम (a ceasing or discontinuance) · te ముగింపు (a ceasing or discontinuance) · de Einstellung (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ru прекраще́ние (a ceasing or discontinuance) · fr cessation (a ceasing or discontinuance) · pl zaprzestanie (a ceasing or discontinuance) · hi विरति (a ceasing or discontinuance) · el κατάπαυση (a ceasing or discontinuance) · sk zastavenie (a ceasing or discontinuance) · es cesación (a ceasing or discontinuance) · sl prenehanje (a ceasing or discontinuance) · uk припи́нення (a ceasing or discontinuance) · nl beëindiging (a ceasing or discontinuance) · sh prèstanak (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ca cessació (a ceasing or discontinuance) · es cese (a ceasing or discontinuance) · sh прѐстанак (a ceasing or discontinuance) · es cesamiento (a ceasing or discontinuance) · bg спи́ране (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ja 中止 (a ceasing or discontinuance) · cmn 中止 (a ceasing or discontinuance) · txb āralñe (a ceasing or discontinuance) · it cessazione (a ceasing or discontinuance) · sl ustavitev (a ceasing or discontinuance) · el διακοπή (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ko 중지 (a ceasing or discontinuance) · el αναστολή (a ceasing or discontinuance) · cmn 停止 (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ar وَقْف (a ceasing or discontinuance) · mi pārirātanga (a ceasing or discontinuance) · bg прекратя́ване (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ja 停止 (a ceasing or discontinuance) · ga faill (a ceasing or discontinuance) · cs zastavení (a ceasing or discontinuance)