Meanings
nounceasement (countable and uncountable, plural ceasements)
plural ceasements
- countablerareuncountableSynonym of cessation
The bottom line: the ceasement of attention. / For my baby brother had been born, / ah yes, the family angel.
2008, Mike Haszto, Pieces of the Heart, Bloomington, I.N.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 601 more example
They had laid down their lives for love of country, and the reward was peace for the world. Not just the ceasement of war, but that perpetual peace born of universal brotherhood.
1918 May, Norma Patterson, “War Echoes III: Unto Each His Crown”, in The Bookman, volume LXVII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., page 280Synonyms: cessation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of cessation
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