Usually means: Ending or stopping of something.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Cessation:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. cessation: Merriam-Webster
  2. cessation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cessation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cessation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cessation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cessation, cessation: Wordnik
  7. cessation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cessation: Wiktionary
  9. cessation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cessation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cessation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cessation, cessation: Dictionary.com
  13. cessation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cessation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cessation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cessation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. cessation: Rhymezone
  18. cessation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cessation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. cessation: FreeDictionary.org
  21. cessation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. cessation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. cessation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cessation: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  2. cessation: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cessation)

▸ noun:  (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.

Similar:
surcease, ceasing, expiration, quitting, halt, desistance, cesser, cessment, end of the line, deoccupation, more...

Opposite:
resumption, continuation, restart

Phrases:
Smoking cessation, tobacco cessation, cessation of arms, cessation of hostilities, cessation of activity, more...

Adjectives:
complete, sudden, temporary, immediate, abrupt, total, entire, permanent, final, virtual, early

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Similar:
surcease, ceasing, expiration, quitting, halt, desistance, cesser, cessment, end of the line, deoccupation, more...

Opposite:
resumption, continuation, restart

Phrases:
Smoking cessation, tobacco cessation, cessation of arms, cessation of hostilities, cessation of activity, cessation of practice, cessation of life, opposite of cessation, cessation of flow, more...

Adjectives:
complete, sudden, temporary, immediate, abrupt, total, entire, permanent, final, virtual, early

Colors:
    black,     gray,     white,     silver,     charcoal, more...



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