Change from action to rest
Change from action to rest
#142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation. -- N. cessation,
discontinuance, desistance, desinence[obs].
- intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop;
stopping &c. v.; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival &c. 292. pause, rest,
lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S. congress].
- dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado[Sp]; blowout,
burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full
stop; end &c. 67; death &c. 360.
- V. cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold,
stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out,
blow out, melt down.
- have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up &c.
(relinquish) 624.
- hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars repose on one's
laurels.
- come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a
full stop; arrive &c. 292; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away
&c. (be past) 122; be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct.
- intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel[obs]; intermit, remit; put an
end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power
down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill;
stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-
string, pull the plug on.
- Int. hold! stop! enough! avast! have done! a truce to! soft! leave
off! tenez[Fr]!
- Phr. "I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar].