cessation   
  ces·sa·tion  [cessation cessations] BrE [seˈseɪʃn]  NAmE [seˈseɪʃn]   noun uncountable, countable  (formal)  the stopping of sth; a pause in sth   •Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.        Word Origin:    late Middle English: from  Latin cessatio(n-), from  cessare ‘cease’. 
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