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| 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
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence., intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival [more]., pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S. Congress]., dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end [more]; death [more].
-verbs
cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down., have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up (relinquish) [more]., hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels., come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive [more]; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away (be past) [more]; be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct., intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.
-phrases
"I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar].
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| Antonyms: | continuance |
| 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: | deadlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate, impasse |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, box*, cessation, checkmate, corner, dead end, dead heat, dilemma, draw, full stop, gridlock, halt, hole, pause, pickle, plight, posture, predicament, quandary, standoff, standstill, tie, wall* |
| Notes: | stalemate does not end - it is the outcome (stale in stalemate is from Anglo-Norman meaning 'be placed'); a standoff or deadlock can end |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of life |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains*, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extinction, fatality, finish, grave, grim reaper*, heaven, loss, mortality, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, quietus, release, repose, ruin, silence, sleep, termination, tomb, annihilation, eternal rest, extermination, finis, necrosis, obliteration, passing over, ruination |
| Antonyms: | being, birth, entity, existence, life, living |
* = 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: | ending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, cessation, close, closure, completion, consummation, culmination, denouement, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finale, finish, lapse, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song*, termination, upshot, wane, closing, coup de grace, desistance, omega, terminus, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish, demise |
| Synonyms: | cessation, close, conclusion, death, decease, departure, dying, end, passing, termination, closing, elapsing, expiry, going, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, birth, commencement, inception, start |
| Main Entry: | finale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending of an event |
| Synonyms: | button*, cessation, climax, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, denouement, end, epilogue, finish, payoff*, summation, swan song*, termination, afterpiece, blow-off, chaser, closer, crowning glory, end piece, finis, last act, peroration, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, debut, opening, start, first act |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impasse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, box*, cessation, corner*, cul-de-sac*, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, fix, gridlock, jam, mire*, morass*, pause, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, rest, scrape*, standoff, standstill |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intermission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, recess |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, breather, cessation, doldrums, downtime*, interim, interlude, interruption, interval, layoff, lull, pause, quiescence, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait, abeyancy, break-off, breathing spell, dormancy, interregnum, latency, let-up, parenthesis, quiescency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, breach, cessation, check, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, division, doldrums, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, layoff, letup*, obstacle, obstruction, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, split, stop, stoppage, suspension, abeyancy, blackout, break-off, cutoff, disuniting, dormancy, latency, parenthesis, severance |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | letup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause |
| Synonyms: | abatement, break, cessation, interval, lapse, lessening, lull, recess, remission, respite, let-up, slackening |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, breathing space*, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma*, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime*, freeze*, gap, gridlock*, halt, happy hour*, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush*, interim, interlude, intermission, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup*, lull, recess, respite, rest, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, break-off, breathing spell, cutoff, interregnum, pausation, rest period, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, silence |
| Synonyms: | calm, cessation, ease, hush, lull, peace, relaxation, repose, rest, serenity, still, stillness, stop, termination, dead air, noiselessness, quietness, quietude, soundlessness, speechlessness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | clamor, clangor, noise, loudness |
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather*, breathing space*, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime*, ease, five*, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup*, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten*, time, truce, exculpation, interregnum, protraction, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standstill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | arrest, cessation, check, checkmate, corner*, dead end*, deadlock, delay, gridlock, halt, hole, impasse, inaction, pause, stalemate, standoff, wait, dead stop |
| Antonyms: | advance, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving up; resignation |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, appeasement, capitulation, cessation, delivery, renunciation, submission, white flag*, yielding, abandonment, abdication, dedition, giving way, relenting, relinquishment, succumbing |
| Antonyms: | fight, fighting, victory, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, adjournment, break, breather*, cessation, coffee break, conclusion, deferment, doldrums, downtime*, end, ending, finish, five*, freeze, halt, intermission, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten*, termination, time-out, abeyancy, breathing spell, concluding, cutoff, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, dormancy, heave-ho, latency, quiescency |
| Antonyms: | completion, continuation, finish, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | termination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | abortion, cease, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, curtains*, effect, ending, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff*, period, result, stop, ballgame, cut-off, desistance, discontinuation, end of the line, expiry, finis, kiss-off, terminus, windup, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | beginning, initiation, opening, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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