CESSAZIONE. ARRESTO. PAUSA. SOSPENSIONE
cessation\ces*sa"tion\ (s&ebreve;s*sā"shŭn), n. [f. cessation, l. cessatio, fr. cessare. see cease.] a ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. the temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. the day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. hayward.
cessation of arms (mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purposes.
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