cessation
/sess-AY-shun/nounthe fact or process of ending; a pause
“The truce brought a cessation of shelling at midnight.”
- Synonyms
- halt, stoppage, suspension
- Antonyms
- continuation, resumption
- Root
- ced- (go)
- Memory hook
- cess (stop): a stopping.
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