Need another word that means the same as “cessation”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “cessation” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Cessation” are: surcease, end, ending, termination, stopping, ceasing, finish, finishing, stoppage, closing, closure, close, conclusion, winding up, discontinuation, discontinuance, breaking off, abandonment, interruption, suspension, cutting short
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cessation” as a noun can have the following definitions:
abandonment | The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned. His abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless. |
breaking off | The act of breaking something. |
ceasing | End. |
close | A residential street without through access. They were playing better at the close of the season. |
closing | The act of closing something. The ship s rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision. |
closure | A sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work. A closure motion. |
conclusion | The act of ending something. His conclusion took the evidence into account. |
cutting short | A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. |
discontinuance | The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent. |
discontinuation | The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent. There were no serious adverse events and no drug discontinuations. |
end | Either of the halves of a sports field or court defended by one team or player. The so called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end. |
ending | The act of ending something. The ending of warranty period. |
finish | The act of finishing. When these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show. |
finishing | The act of finishing. The speaker s finishing was greeted with applause. |
interruption | An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. Students returning to education after an interruption in their career. |
stoppage | A cessation of work by employees in protest at the terms set by their employers. One machine gun crew had a stoppage. |
stopping | The kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch. The violinist s stopping was excellent. |
surcease | A stopping. He teased us without surcease. |
suspension | Temporary cessation or suspension. The investigation led to the suspension of several officers. |
termination | A coming to an end of a contract period. A good result and a happy termination. |
winding up | The act of winding or twisting. |
abeyance | A state of temporary disuse or suspension. Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries. |
armistice | An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. The Italian government signed an armistice with the Allies. |
cease | Cease is a noun only in the phrase without cease end. They were asked to cease all military activity. |
deadlock | Secure a door with a deadlock. You can deadlock any exit door from the outside. |
desist | Choose not to consume. Each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage. |
discontinuance | The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent. |
end | Put an end to. The phone rang at the other end. |
halt | Come to a halt stop moving. A halt in the arms race. |
halting | Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain. She speaks halting English with a heavy accent. |
hiatus | A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript. There was a brief hiatus in the war with France. |
intermission | A pause or break. The daily work goes on without intermission. |
interruption | Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity. Students returning to education after an interruption in their career. |
layover | A brief stay in the course of a journey. There was only a forty eight minute layover. |
momentarily | At any moment. As he passed Jenny s door he paused momentarily. |
mortality | The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause. The causes of mortality among infants and young children. |
outage | A period when a power supply or other service is not available or when equipment is closed down. There will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a m. |
pause | Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. He chattered away without pause. |
permanently | In a way that lasts or continues without interruption; continually. We need to be permanently vigilant. |
quit | Stop or discontinue (an action or activity. He quit as manager of the struggling Third Division team. |
reprieve | A warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence. A mother who faced eviction has been given a reprieve. |
respite | Grant a respite to someone especially a person condemned to death. The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering. |
smoking | The act of smoking tobacco or other substances. The effect of smoking on health. |
sojourn | Stay somewhere temporarily. She had sojourned once in Egypt. |
stanch | Stop the flow of a liquid. |
stop | A punctuation mark especially a full stop. There were constant stops and changes of pace. |
suspension | Temporary cessation or suspension. Modifications have been made to the car s rear suspension. |
temporary | A person employed on a temporary basis typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency. Employed on a temporary basis. |
tentative | Done without confidence; hesitant. Just a tentative schedule. |
transience | An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying. The transience of life and happiness. |
truce | A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms. The guerrillas called a three day truce. |
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