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means A formal word for stopping or ending something, especially an action, process, or state that had been ongoing.

from From Latin cessatio, 'a delaying, ceasing, or leaving off,' built from the verb cessare, 'to loiter, delay, or leave off' — itself a frequentative of cedere, 'to go, yield, withdraw' (the same root that gives us 'cede' and 'cease'). The Latin frequentative form suggests repeated or drawn-out stopping, which is fitting: 'cessation' rarely describes something that stops all at once.