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cessation

ces·sa·tion

US/sɛˈseɪʃən/ rare formal

noun

1.

a stopping

  • “a cessation of the thunder”
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Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. By surface analysis, cease + -ation. Compare cession < cede.

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