cessation


the ending

TRANSLATION

cessation = die Beendigung, die Einstellung --- GOOGLE INDEX cessation: approximately 32,000,000 Google hits

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

The U.N. welcomed the cease-fire and said it should be used "as the basis for a more permanent CESSATION of hostilities."

(Los Angeles Times)

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Part of why Dr. King went to jail in April 1963 was his refusal to obey a court injunction ordering the CESSATION of downtown protests.

(MSNBC)

Did you
know?

cessation
noun

- the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end

(Oxford Dictionary)

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Cessation is just another word for noting the end of something. It stems from the Latin "cessatio," a delaying or ending. Cessatio is also the root of the English verb "cease," to stop or bring to an end.

For those who smoke or who are considering quitting, there was a time when people tried "stop smoking" programs. Stop is slowly being replaced by the more formal and fancy term cessation:

"We have therefore decided to further promote smoking cessation and weight loss services to improve outcomes for patients." (BBC News)

"Private insurers operating in West Virginia are not required to provide tobacco cessation services." (Washington Times)

In the US, the word cessation has historical significance. In 1867 Russia and the United States signed the so-called Treaty Of Cessation, which is more often referred to as the Alaska Purchase, an agreement that handed over what is now the state of Alaska to the US.

The press labelled the deal Seward's Folly, because then Secretary of the Interior William Seward was criticized for what was viewed as a senseless purchase of useless land.

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SYNONYMS

break, breather, conclusion, discontinuance, ending, finish, halt, hiatus, pause, respite, stoppage, suspension, termination

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"The cessation of flights after 20.00 will be a serious problem for many business travellers."

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