cessation

Roget category 142

1. Words expressing abstract relations
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#142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation

noun

cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence^†.
intermission, remission — suspense, suspension — interruption — stop — stopping etc. v. — closure, stoppage, halt — arrival etc. 292.
pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop — interregnum, abeyance — cloture [U.S.].
dead stop, dead stand, dead lock — finis, cerrado [Sp.] — blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration — comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop — end etc. 67 — death etc. 360.

verb

cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt — break off, leave off — hold, stop, pull up, stop short — stick, hang fire — halt — pause, rest — burn out, blow out, melt down.
have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop — give up etc. (relinquish) 624.
hold one's hand, stay one's hand — rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.
come to a stand, come to a standstill — come to a deadlock, come to a full stop — arrive etc. 292 — go out, die away — wear away, wear off — pass away etc. (be past) 122 — be at an end — disintegrate, self-destruct.
intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel^† — intermit, remit — put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to — derail — turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect — bring to a stand, bring to a standstill — stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent — pull the check-string, pull the plug on.

interjection

hold!, stop!, enough!, avast!, have done!, a truce to!, soft!, leave off!, tenez! [Fr.],

phrase

I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar].

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