A cessation is a halt or discontinuity of a previously continous action. In medicine, a cessation is a common word to describe the halt of previous life habits affecting health, or cessations in respiration or the heart (namely
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cessation — [ sesasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1361; de cesser ♦ Le fait de prendre fin ou de mettre fin à qqch. ⇒ abandon, arrêt, 1. fin, interruption, suspension. Cessation des hostilités : armistice, trêve. Cessation du travail : chômage, grève, vacation. Cessation… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Cessation — Ces*sa tion (s[e^]s*s[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See {Cease}.] A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. [1913 Webster] The temporary cessation of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cessation — I (interlude) noun abeyance, adjournment, armistice, arrest, break, ceasing, cloture, delay, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, dormancy, embolium, halt, hiatus, inaction, inactivity, interim, intermediate time, intermissio,… … Law dictionary
cessation — CESSATION. s. fém. Intermission, discontinuation. Cessation d armes, cessation d hostilités. Cessation de poursuites. Cessation de commerce. Cessation de travail, etc … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
cessation — Cessation. s. f. v. Intermission, discontinuation. Cessation d armes, d hostilitez. cessation de poursuites. cessation de commerce. cessation de travail … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
cessation — UK US /sesˈeɪʃən/ noun [C or U] FORMAL ► the fact of something ending or stopping: »The company has now stopped trading and has announced the cessation of its business … Financial and business terms
Cessation — (v. lat.), Aufhören, Unterlassen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
cessation — mid 15c., cessacyoun, from L. cessationem (nom. cessatio) a delaying, ceasing, noun of action from pp. stem of cessare delay (see CEASE (Cf. cease)) … Etymology dictionary
cessation — [n] ending abeyance, arrest, break, break off*, breather*, cease, ceasing, close, conclusion, cutoff*, desistance, discontinuance, downtime*, end, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval,… … New thesaurus
cessation — ► NOUN ▪ the fact or process of ceasing. ORIGIN Latin, from cessare cease … English terms dictionary
cessation — [se sā′shən] n. [L cessatio < pp. of cessare, CEASE] a ceasing, or stopping, either forever or for some time … English World dictionary
