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noun
- a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance: a cessation of hostilities.
noun
- a ceasing or stopping; discontinuance; pausetemporary cessation of hostilities
mid-15c., cessacyoun “interruption, abdication,” from Latin cessationem (nominative cessatio) “a delaying, ceasing, tarrying,” noun of action from past participle stem of cessare “delay” (see cease (n.)).