Cessation and Doing

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Cessation

Cessation noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

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Synonyms for Cessation

Antonyms for Cessation

Doing is an antonym for cessation.

Nearby Word: cession

Doing

Doing noun - Something done by someone.

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Synonyms for Doing

Cessation is an antonym for doing in achievement topic.

Nearby Word: do

Similar words of cessation

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true cessation

true doing

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If you want someone to cease a given action, or just to talk about the cessation of it, the phrase you're after is "stop doing X", not "stop to do X".

Source: The Big List of Booboos and Blunders

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Doing and Cessation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cessation/doing

Cessation & Doing. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cessation/doing>.

Doing or Cessation. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cessation/doing.

Antonyms for cessation

Antonyms for doing

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