Surcease

n.	1.	Cessation; stop; end. It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing. - Bacon.
v. t.	1.	To cause to cease; to end. The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	To cease.

Noun

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surcease - a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" Synonyms: cessation

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