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| Main Entry: | cease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, conclude |
| Synonyms: | back off, break off, close, close out, culminate, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, halt, knock off*, leave off, quit, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up*, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, come to an end, cut it out, give over, intermit, pack in, quit cold turkey |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
| Antonyms: | begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, start, keep on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | blow over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear slowly |
| Synonyms: | cease, dissipate, end, finish, pass, peter out*, subside, vanish, die down, fizzle out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, break, breather*, cease, close, conclusion, discontinuance, downtime*, end, finish, freeze*, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff*, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out*, break-off, ceasing, cutoff, desistance, grinding halt, let-up, screaming halt |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, desistance, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | cut out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excise, remove |
| Synonyms: | carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, exclude, extirpate, extract, oust, pull out, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, usurp, exsect, give up, refrain from |
| Antonyms: | add, include |
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
| Synonyms: | cease, check out*, croak*, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass over, perish, succumb, buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cool off, pass on |
| Antonyms: | bear, be born |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, refrain from |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abstain, avoid, break off, cease, discontinue, end, forbear, halt, knock off*, leave off, pause, quit, relinquish, resign, surcease, suspend, yield, give over, give up, have done with, not do |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, endure, go on, persevere, resume, keep on, restart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discontinuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop, suspension of activity |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, desuetude, disruption, ending, finish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping, termination, closing, desistance, discontinuation, disjunction |
| Antonyms: | continuation, restarting, retry |
| Main Entry: | discontinue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent activity from going on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off*, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, drop, end, finish, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off*, leave off, part, pause, quit, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate, bag it, blow off*, call it quits, dissever, give over, give up, put an end to, refrain from |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, restart, retry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drop out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing an activity |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back out, cease, forsake, leave, quit, renege, retreat, withdraw, give notice, give up |
| Antonyms: | begin, carry out, engage, join |
| Main Entry: | end up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become eventually; come to a close |
| Synonyms: | cease, finish, stop, wind up, arrive finally, come to a halt, finish as, finish up, turn out to be |
| Main Entry: | forbear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist the temptation to |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avoid, bridle, cease, curb, decline, desist, escape, eschew, evade, forgo, hold back*, inhibit, keep, omit, pause, refrain, restrain, sacrifice, shun, stop, withhold, go easy, keep from |
| Antonyms: | continue, indulge, involve, partake, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | give in/give up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit defeat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back down*, bail out*, bow out*, buckle under, capitulate, cave in*, cease, cede, chicken out*, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle*, cut out, desist, despair, drop, drop like a hot potato, fold, forswear, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, take the oath, throw in the towel, waive, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
| Antonyms: | fight, hold out, stand up to, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
| Synonyms: | bear, bind, block, cease, clog, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, throng, wad, wedge, congest, jam-pack, tamp |
| Main Entry: | lapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become void; fall back into previous pattern |
| Synonyms: | backslide, cease, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, die, elapse, end, expire, go by, pass, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, run out, slide, slip, subside, terminate, weaken, apostatize, become obsolete, recidivate |
| Antonyms: | continue, go on, restart |
| Main Entry: | leave off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | abstain, break off, cease, desist, discontinue, end, halt, knock off*, quit, refrain, surcease, give over, give up |
| Antonyms: | begin, continue, restart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | let up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pause |
| Synonyms: | abate, cease, decrease, diminish, ease, ebb, fall, moderate, release, relent, slacken, stop, subside, wane, die down, die out, ease off, ease up, slow down |
| Antonyms: | continue |
| Main Entry: | lull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, ease off |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, balm, cease, chill out*, compose, cool*, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, hush, let up, lullaby, moderate, pacify, qualify, quell, quiet, settle, slacken, soft-pedal*, soothe, still, stroke, subdue, subside, temper, tranquilize, wane, becalm, cool off, die down, lay back, put a lid on, quiet down, take it easy, take the edge, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | energize, excite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | break it up, call time, catch one's breath, cease, come to standstill, deliberate, desist, discontinue, drop, halt, hesitate, hold back, interrupt, put on hold, reflect, rest, shake, sideline, stop briefly, suspend, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, think twice, waver |
| Antonyms: | continue, persist, restart |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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