cessation
Coming to stop
Cessation is the act of stopping or coming to an end.
The word appears in formal contexts: a cessation of hostilities, the cessation of breathing.
Unlike a pause or interruption, cessation typically implies finality—something has stopped completely rather than temporarily halted.
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- closureSense of emotional resolution
completion · finale · end · finish · halt · expiration · shutdown · discontinuance
Break in continuity
- breakInterrupt continuity
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- hiatusBreak in activity
respite · lull · moratorium · standstill · interlude · breather · interval · timeout
Moving by or temporary
- demiseCessation of existence
- expirationEnd of validity
- dyingCeasing to live
- endFinal portion or cessation
departure · mortality · finality · expire · decease · perishing
Act of taking away
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- quittingCeasing an activity
- detoxSubstance removal process
- remissionTemporary disease absence
sobriety · recovery · weaning · rehab · nicotine · smoking · cold turkey · relapse
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
détente · pacification · accord · treaty · settlement · demilitarization · disarmament · neutrality
termination
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- stoppageInterruption of flow
closure · completion · finale · end · finish · halt · expiration · shutdown · discontinuance · wind-up
interruption
Break in continuity
- breakInterrupt continuity
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
hiatus · respite · lull · moratorium · standstill · interlude · breather · interval · timeout · layoff
passing
Moving by or temporary
- demiseCessation of existence
- expirationEnd of validity
- dyingCeasing to live
end · departure · mortality · finality · expire · decease · perishing
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- quittingCeasing an activity
- detoxSubstance removal process
remission · sobriety · recovery · weaning · rehab · nicotine · smoking · cold turkey · relapse · tapering
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
reconciliation · détente · pacification · accord · treaty · settlement · demilitarization · disarmament · neutrality · surrender
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- pausesrest, stop, pause, break, halt
- stagnationstagnation, standstill, stasis, deadlock, stalemate
cessationcontinuation
Act of proceeding further
continuance · persistence · continuity · resumption · perpetuation
cessationbeginning
Initial stage of something
commencement · start · continuation · onset · inception
- smoking cessationDiscontinuing cigarette use