cessation
noun/seˈseɪʃn/
/seˈseɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)- the stopping of something; a break in something
- Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin cessatio(n-), from cessare ‘cease’.Definitions on the go
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