a ceasing, or stopping, either forever or for some time
Origin of cessation
Classical Latin cessatio from past participle of cessare, cease
noun
The definition of a cessation is an ending.
An example of cessation is the final episode of a long running television show.
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noun
A bringing or coming to an end; a ceasing: a cessation of hostilities.
Origin of cessation
Middle English cessacioun from Old French cessation from Latin cessātiō cessātiōn- from cessātus past participle of cessāre to stop ; see cease .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural cessations)
- (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final.
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Sentence Examples
- Its cessation greatly increased disaffection.
- Cessation of bleeding may take place from natural or from artificial means.
- His title of "the Good" is due perhaps less to his character than to the cessation of internal troubles in his reign.
- It is evident that if there is a long cessation of rain, there can be none to fill the reservoirs.
- After the cessation of hostilities, however, Buffalo, which had been incorporated as a village in 1813, was rapidly rebuilt.
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