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Definition of cessation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cessation

noun

/seˈseɪʃn/

/seˈseɪʃn/

[uncountable, countable] (formal)

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the stopping of something; a break in something
- Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin cessatio(n-), from cessare ‘cease’.

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