Antonyms for cessation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : se-sey-shuhn |
Phonetic Transcription : sɛˈseɪ ʃən |
Definition of cessation
Origin :- mid-15c., cessacyoun "interruption, abdication," from Latin cessationem (nominative cessatio) "a delaying, ceasing, tarrying," noun of action from past participle stem of cessare "delay" (see cease (n.)).
- noun ending
- All the while he was watching mercilessly for the cessation of the struggles.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- There was no cessation, but the regular moment's pause, in the utterance of these sounds.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- With a decline in prices, mostly, the cessation of the demand coincides.
- Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
- Again, when pleasure ceases, that sort of rest or cessation will be painful?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Let us not, then, be induced to believe that pure pleasure is the cessation of pain, or pain of pleasure.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- He understood and knew all pain; I had His companionship, but He offered me no cessation of this pain.
- Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
- In the cessation of the impassioned murmur she began to reflect.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- He meant, I think, to express the relief he felt at the cessation of hostilities.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- And so with divorce, it is a cessation of the state of marriage.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- The cessation of the shooting had put an end to the Indians' uncertainty.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for cessation
- abeyance
- arrest
- break
- break-off
- breather
- cease
- ceasing
- close
- conclusion
- cutoff
- desistance
- discontinuance
- downtime
- end
- finish
- freeze
- grinding halt
- halt
- halting
- hiatus
- intermission
- interruption
- interval
- layoff
- let-up
- pause
- recess
- remission
- respite
- rest
- screaming halt
- standstill
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- suspension
- termination
- time off
- time-out
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