cessation

I (interlude) noun abeyance, adjournment, armistice, arrest, break, ceasing, cloture, delay, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, dormancy, embolium, halt, hiatus, inaction, inactivity, interim, intermediate time, intermissio, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, intervening episode, intervening period, intervening space, intervening time, lapse, latency, lull, moratorium, pause, pendency, postponement, procrastination, quiescence, remission, respite, rest, standstill, stay, stop, suspension, temporary inaction, truce, wait II (termination) noun abandonment, climax, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, curtain, denouement, determination, dissolution, end, ending, expiration, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, intermissio, issue, outcome, realization, retirement, stoppage, surcease, terminus associated concepts: cessation of business, cessation of hostilities, cessation of occupation, cessation of possession, cessation of work III index abandonment (discontinuance), abeyance, avoidance (cancellation), check (bar), close (conclusion), cloture, conclusion (outcome), defeasance, desuetude, discharge (annulment), discontinuance (act of discontinuing), discontinuance (interruption of a legal action), dissolution (termination), end (termination), expiration, finality, halt, hiatus, impasse, inaction, interruption, layoff, lull, moratorium, pause, pendency, recess, remission, respite (interval of rest), stay