cessation
seh-SAY-shunnounMeaning a stopping; the end of something
Memory hook CEASE-ation: the rain CEASES. The rain ceases, a rainbow appears, and Nell shakes out her umbrella. The cessation of the storm brings everyone outside.
The cessation of the rain brought everyone out onto their porches.
In context After months of construction next door, the sudden cessation of the hammering felt strange; the street was so quiet that the birds could be heard again.
Similar stop, halt, end, pause
Opposite continuation, beginning, start
From Latin cessatio, “a stopping,” from cessare, “to stop, to hold back,” the source of cease.