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n. A bringing or coming to an end; a ceasing: a cessation of hostilities.

n. A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final.

n. A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop.

n. A ceasing; a stop; a rest; discontinuance of motion or action of any kind, whether temporary or final.

n. An armistice.

n. a stopping

"The term cessation or stoppage itself indicates that what is stopped does not cease of its own accord but through exertion."

stop    halt   

legal separation    separation   

pause    interruption    stop    intermission    discontinuance    stay    interval    respite    recess    rest   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization    Confederation    Corp.    Croatian    Dalmatian    Desegregation   

extinction    continuance    renewal    dissolution    annihilation    suppression    commencement    abandonment    resumption    recurrence