cessation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stopping

   a cessation of the thunder

2. 2
   noun

   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 inquisition

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. By surface analysis, cease + -ation. Compare cession < cede.