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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cessation \Ces*sa"tion\ (s[e^]s*s[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
cessation, L. cessatio, fr cessare See {Cease}.]
A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action whether temporary
or final; a stop; as a cessation of the war.
The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities.
--Motley.
The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation
from labor. --Sir J.
Hayward.
{Cessation of arms} (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to
by the commanders of armies, to give time for a
capitulation, or for other purposes.
Syn: Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission;
interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cessation
n : a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: {surcease}]
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