1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Surcease

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To bring or come to an end; stop.

n. Cessation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The cessation of something or someone.

v. To come to an end; to desist.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Cessation; stop; end.

v. To cause to cease; to end.

verb-intransitive. To cease.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cease; stop; be at an end; leave off; refrain finally.

To stop; put an end to; cause to cease.

n. Cessation; stop.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a stopping

Word Usage

"The Board of Prison Directors gave me my choice: a prison trustyship and surcease from the jute looms if I gave up the nonexistent dynamite; life imprisonment in solitary if I refused to give up the nonexistent dynamite."

Verb Form

surceased surceases surceasing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stop halt

Hyponym

legal separation separation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cessation stop end cease

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

remit hyd respite astonishment dignity conviction