Cease

Verb

 * 1)  To stop.
 * 2)  To stop doing (something), blin.

Adverbs for Cease
definitely; temporarily; prematurely; entirely; eventually; functionally; abruptly; presently; suddenly;

Synonyms for Cease
terminate, quit, stop, finish, end, refrain, conclude, desist, halt, withdraw, discontinue.

Antonyms for Cease
begin, commence, start, enter, upon, initiate, continue.

Thesaurus
stop, subside, succumb, suffer an eclipse, surcease, surrender, terminate, termination, throw up, tranquilize, unendingly, unremittingly, vanish, vanish from sight, waive, wane, waste, waste away, wear away, wind up, without cease, yield, abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, ad infinitum, be consumed, be done for, be gone, be no more, belay, calm, calm down, cancel, cease to be, cease to exist, ceaselessly, cede, cessation, close, come to naught, come to nothing, conclude, conclusion, conk out, constantly, continually, continuously, cry quits, cut it out, dematerialize, depart, desist, desist from, desistance, determine, die, die away, die down, die out, disappear, discontinue, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, drop, drop it, dwindle, ebb, end, ending, endlessly, erode, eternally, evanesce, evaporate, everlastingly, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, finish, finish up, flee, fly, forever, forgo, forswear, give over, give up, go, go away, halt, hand over, have done with, hide, hold, incessantly, infinitely, interminably, intermit, knock it off, knock off, lay down, lay off, leave no trace, leave off, leave the scene, lull, melt, melt away, molder, pacify, pass, pass away, pass out, peg out, period, perish, perorate, perpetually, quiesce, quiet, quieten, quit, refrain, refrain from, relinquish, renounce, resign, resolve, retire from sight, run out, scrap, scratch, scrub, sink, sink away, soothe, stay,

Etymology
from cesen:, cessen:, from  cesser:, from  cesso:, frequentative of cedo:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, преставам, прекратявам
 * Catalan: cessar
 * Danish: ophøre
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: abbamarad,


 * Italian:, , ,
 * Nahuatl: caua, cacauantoc
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: înceta, conteni, opri
 * Russian: прекращаться (pr'ekraš'át's'a), прекратиться (pr'ekratít's'a)
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: upphöra


 * Catalan: cessar
 * Danish: ophøre
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hebrew: חדל
 * Hungarian:, , beszüntet
 * Ido: cesar
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a întrerupe (1)


 * Russian: прекращать (pr'ekraš'át'), прекратить (pr'ekratít')
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: upphöra
 * Turkish: durmak (1), durdurmak (1)
 * : aufhören (1), einstellen (1), abbrechen (1)
 * : cesser de + infinitive (1), s'arrêter de + infinitive (1)
 * : cessare (1) smettere di + infinitive