cease

Noun

  • (n.) cease ((`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end)

Verb

  • (v.) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off (put an end to a state or an activity) "Quit teasing your little brother"
  • (v.) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical) "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
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