Cease and Refrain

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Cease

Cease verb - To come to an end.

Usage example: the rain finally ceased, and we were able to continue the baseball game

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Refrain is a synonym for cease in stop topic. In some cases you can use "Refrain" instead a verb "Cease", when it comes to topics like abstain, discontinue.

Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

Refrain

Refrain verb - Resist doing something.

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Cease is a synonym for refrain in stop topic. You can use "Cease" instead a verb "Refrain", if it concerns topics such as abstain, do without.

Nearby Words: refrained, refraining

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Common collocations

time	cease time	refrain time
enemy	cease enemy	refrain enemy
communications	cease communications	refrain communications
ways	cease ways	refrain ways

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