cease

I verb abate, abrogate, abstain from, adjourn, annul, arrest, be all over, be at an end, be silent, become void, bring to an end, cancel, cause to halt, check, close, come to a close, come to a standstill, come to an end, conclude, consummate, culminate, desinere, desist, desistere, discontinue, draw to a close, drop, end, expire, extinguish, finish, forbear, get through, give over, halt, hold off, intermit, interrupt, lapse, leave off, make an end of, pause, put a stop to, put an end to, quell, quit, refrain, relinquish, remain, run its course, stanch, stay, stem, stop, stop work, surcease, suspend, terminate, vacate, withdraw associated concepts: cease and desist order, cease doing business, cease from occupying, cease to act, cease to do business foreign phrases:

- Cessante causa, cessat effectus. — When the cause ceases, the effect ceases

- Cessante ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex. — The reason of the law ceasing, the law itself also ceases

II index abandon (relinquish), close (terminate), cloture, conclude (complete), desist, discontinue (abandon), dissipate (spread out), dissolve (terminate), expire, finish, forbear, forgo, halt, interrupt, leave (allow to remain), palliate (abate), pause, perish, quit (discontinue), refrain, relinquish, renounce, rest (cease from action), shut, stop, succumb, suspend, terminate, vacate (leave), waive, withdraw