Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cease
nounceasing (plural ceasings)
plural ceasings
- A cessation.
If one can discern the arising and ceasing of the four elements innumerable times in one day alone, the changes, arisings, and ceasings of the derivative material qualities are also discerned.
2017, Ven Ledi Sayadaw, The Manual of Insight and the Noble Eightfold Path and Its Factors Explained
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ceasing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceasing
MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceasing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceasing.
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