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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Latin cessatio, from cessare; CEASE1

cessation

 noun
     
ces‧sa‧tion [uncountable and countable] formal
a pause or stop [↪ cease]
cessation of
a cessation of hostilities (=when the fighting stops in a war)
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