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ceasement

ceasement noun: synonym of cessation.

Noun

ceasement (countable and uncountable, plural ceasements)

  1. (rare) Synonym of cessation
    • They had laid down their lives for love of country, and the reward was peace for the world. Not just the ceasement of war, but that perpetual peace born of universal brotherhood.1918 May, Norma Patterson, “War Echoes III: Unto Each His Crown”, in The Bookman, volume LXVII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., page 280
    • The bottom line: the ceasement of attention. / For my baby brother had been born, / ah yes, the family angel.2008, Mike Haszto, Pieces of the Heart, Bloomington, I.N.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 60
    Synonyms:
    cessation

Synonyms of ceasement

Forms of ceasement

pluralceasements

Origin of ceasement

From cease + -ment.

Questions about ceasement

What does ceasement mean?
Ceasement means synonym of cessation.
What part of speech is ceasement?
Ceasement is a noun.
What is the plural of ceasement?
The plural of ceasement is ceasements.

Words near ceasement in the dictionary

  1. ceasefire
  2. ceasefires
  3. ceaseless
  4. ceaselessly
  5. ceaselessness
  6. ceasement
  7. ceasements
  8. ceaser
  9. ceasers
  10. ceases
  11. ceases and desists

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