cessation
US/sɛˈseɪʃən/
cessation noun: a ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
Noun
cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)
- A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
- The day […]was […]yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
cessation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
cessation in Hindi
- a ceasing or discontinuance
- विरति virti
cessation in Tamil
- அறவுளி, நிறுத்தப்படுதல்
cessation in Urdu
- cessation
- تعطیل ta'tīl
cessation in Bengali
- বিরতি, সমাপ্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- cessation in Telugu
- ముగింపు mugimpu
- cessation in Malayalam
- നിർത്തൽ, വിരാമം, സംസാരത്തിലും മറ്റുമുള്ള നിറുത്ത്, അവസാനം
- cessation in Kannada
- ಸಯ್ಪು, ಸಯ್ತು, ನಿಲುವು, ತಡಹು
- cessation in Odia
- ଯମ jama
- cessation in Sanskrit
- उपरम uparama
- cessation in Sinhala
- නිවාඩුව niwāḍuwa
- cessation in Arabic
- وَقْف waqf
Examples of cessation in a sentence
- He’s been on the smoking cessation wagon for two weeks now.
- They both opposed an eventual imposition of anti-dumping measures as they considered that it could lead to a cessation of imports of the product concerned from the PRC79.
- Accordingly, there is the tendency of the power stroke to overdrift the cessation of the travel signal.
Synonyms of cessation
Forms of cessation
| plural | cessations |
|---|
Origin of cessation
Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. By surface analysis, cease + -ation. Compare cession < cede.
Words formed from cessation
Words that rhyme with cessation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about cessation
- What does cessation mean?
- Cessation means a ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- What is cessation in Hindi?
- Cessation in Hindi is विरति (virti). See Cessation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cessation?
- Cessation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cessation?
- Cessation is pronounced /sɛˈseɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of cessation?
- The plural of cessation is cessations.
Words near cessation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cessation (page history and authors); cessation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تعطیل (Urdu) (page history and authors); cessation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cessation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cessation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଯମ (Odia) (page history and authors); නිවාඩුව (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cessation.wav.
Cite this entry: “cessation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cessation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.