Cessation
noun
The act of stopping or ending something.
The cessation of hostilities in the war-torn region was welcomed by all.
Often appears as...
- cessation of hostilities
- cessation of smoking
noun
The act of stopping or ending something.
The cessation of hostilities in the war-torn region was welcomed by all.
Often appears as...
- cessation of hostilities
- cessation of smoking
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Tone
Cessation is formal and often used in official or serious contexts, such as agreements or medical terms.
Following the agreement, there was a formal cessation of the trade embargo.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Stop
Cessation implies a complete stop, not just a pause or a temporary halt.
The factory announced the permanent cessation of its operations.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Often used in legal or policy discussions to refer to the ending of an action or practice.
The law mandated the immediate cessation of logging in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Tone
Cessation is formal and often used in official or serious contexts, such as agreements or medical terms.
Following the agreement, there was a formal cessation of the trade embargo.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Stop
Cessation implies a complete stop, not just a pause or a temporary halt.
The factory announced the permanent cessation of its operations.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Often used in legal or policy discussions to refer to the ending of an action or practice.
The law mandated the immediate cessation of logging in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Tone
Cessation is formal and often used in official or serious contexts, such as agreements or medical terms.
Following the agreement, there was a formal cessation of the trade embargo.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Stop
Cessation implies a complete stop, not just a pause or a temporary halt.
The factory announced the permanent cessation of its operations.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Often used in legal or policy discussions to refer to the ending of an action or practice.
The law mandated the immediate cessation of logging in the area.
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Porter Stansberry
American Publisher
I studied what happened in the bond and the stock markets during previous periods when the Fed stopped manipulating the bond market. In every single case, the moment the Fed announced that there would be a cessation of intervention, stocks declined and interest rates went up.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
We can conceive of eternity because we cannot conceive of a cessation of time. We can conceive of infinite space because we cannot conceive of so much matter that our imagination will not stand upon the farthest star and see infinite space beyond.
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Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian Statesman
Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the negotiating table on the basis of the adopted terms of reference based on international legitimacy and a complete cessation of settlement activities.
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George Pataki
American Politician
The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
American Psychologist
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.
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William De Morgan
British Artist
For I never have seen, and never shall see, that the cessation of the evidence of existence is necessarily evidence of the cessation of existence.
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Peter R. Grant
American Scientist
The process of speciation is completed with the cessation of genetic exchange.
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Edwin Land
American Inventor
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
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Stephen Evans
Author
Death is the welcome cessation of idiocy.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
Happiness is the cessation of suffering.
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Porter Stansberry
American Publisher
I studied what happened in the bond and the stock markets during previous periods when the Fed stopped manipulating the bond market. In every single case, the moment the Fed announced that there would be a cessation of intervention, stocks declined and interest rates went up.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
We can conceive of eternity because we cannot conceive of a cessation of time. We can conceive of infinite space because we cannot conceive of so much matter that our imagination will not stand upon the farthest star and see infinite space beyond.
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Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian Statesman
Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the negotiating table on the basis of the adopted terms of reference based on international legitimacy and a complete cessation of settlement activities.
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George Pataki
American Politician
The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
American Psychologist
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.
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William De Morgan
British Artist
For I never have seen, and never shall see, that the cessation of the evidence of existence is necessarily evidence of the cessation of existence.
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Peter R. Grant
American Scientist
The process of speciation is completed with the cessation of genetic exchange.
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Edwin Land
American Inventor
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
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Stephen Evans
Author
Death is the welcome cessation of idiocy.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
Happiness is the cessation of suffering.
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