See cessation in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A concluding or terminating:
cease, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continueThe act of stopping:
check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt1, stay1, stop, stoppage, surcease. See continueThe condition of being stopped:
discontinuance, discontinuation, halt1, standstill, stop, stoppage, surcease. See continue
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