'Surcease' definitions:
Definition of 'surcease'
(from WordNet)
noun
A stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation, surcease]
Definition of 'Surcease'
From: GCIDE
- Surcease \Sur*cease"\, v. t. To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] "The waves . . . their range surceast." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surcease'
From: GCIDE
- Surcease \Sur*cease"\, v. i. To cease. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surcease'
From: GCIDE
- Surcease \Sur*cease"\, n. [F. sursis, from sursis, p. p. of surseoir to suspend, postpone, defer, in OF., to delay, refrain from, forbear, L. supersedere. Surcease is not connected with E. cease. See Supersede.] Cessation; stop; end. "Not desire, but its surcease." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surcease'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- break,
- breakoff,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- catharsis,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- cigarette break,
- cleansing,
- close,
- closing,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- deliverance,
- desinence,
- desist,
- desistance,
- discharge,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- discontinue,
- downtime,
- emotional release,
- enforced respite,
- freeing,
- give over,
- halt,
- happy hour,
- interlude,
- intermission,
- knock off,
- leave off,
- letup,
- lull,
- pause,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purging,
- quit,
- recess,
- release,
- relinquishment,
- removal,
- renunciation,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- shutdown,
- spell,
- stay,
- stopping,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- termination,
- time out