cessation
Divide cessation into syllables:
ces · sa · tion
How to pronounce cessation:
Synonyms for cessation:
abeyance
arrest
arrestment
break
cease
ceasing
close
closedown
closure
conclusion
cutoff
discontinuance
discontinuation
end
ending
expiration
finish
halt
halting
interruption
lapse
legal separation
let-up
offset
pause
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Antonyms for cessation:
abidance
accomplishment
action
activity
adoption
advance
advancement
alpha
anticlimax
assiduity
baseline
beginning
beginnings
birth
blame
building
carry over
carrying on
cause
ceaselessness
censure
commencement
commencing
conception
constancy
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Other 3-syllable words like cessation
Here are some other common words that have 3 syllables, like cessation does.
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- fluctuate
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- rebuttal
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- amusing
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- tradition
- annual
- resident
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- seminar
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- creative
- numerous
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- untidy
- wherever
- entity
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