To stop moving, acting, or speaking; leave off; give over; desist; come to rest: followed by from before a noun: as, cease from anger, labor, strife.To come to an end; terminate; become extinct; pass away: as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.To put a stop to; put an end to; bring to an end: as, cease your clamor; he ceased debate.n. Cessation; extinction; failure.