What is the meaning of cease?

noun

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

verb

• Put an end to a state or an activity.
  • usage: "Quit teasing your little brother"
  • synonyms: discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off
• Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: end, stop, finish, terminate