Definition for Surcease:

• To cease.

Synonyms for Surcease:

• n.

  •cessation (noun)
  • cessation.
  •deferment (noun)
  • pause,
  • interruption.
  •delay (noun)
  • problem,
  • lag,
  • moratorium,
  • holding,
  • holding pattern,
  • remission,
  • detention,
  • suspension,
  • interval,
  • tie-up,
  • postponement,
  • Loitering,
  • obstruction,
  • wait,
  • bind,
  • filibuster,
  • reprieve,
  • setback,
  • Tarrying,
  • putting off,
  • jam,
  • impediment,
  • dawdling,
  • lingering,
  • adjournment,
  • hindrance,
  • downtime.
  •retardation (noun)
  • Detainment,
  • holdup.

• v.

  •cease (verb)
  • cut it out,
  • give over,
  • break off,
  • die,
  • culminate,
  • end,
  • wind up,
  • drop,
  • finish,
  • terminate,
  • close out,
  • come to an end,
  • call it a day,
  • shut down,
  • call it quits,
  • intermit,
  • bring to an end,
  • quit cold turkey,
  • back off,
  • leave off,
  • pack in,
  • surcease,
  • close,
  • fail.
  •desist (verb)
  • abstain,
  • avoid,
  • abandon,
  • suspend,
  • relinquish,
  • forbear,
  • resign,
  • yield.
  •discontinue (verb)
  • kill,
  • disconnect,
  • part,
  • disunite,
  • interrupt,
  • scrub,
  • dissever,
  • disjoin,
  • separate,
  • intervene.
  •quit (verb)
  • withdraw,
  • leave,
  • retire,
  • wrap up,
  • secede.
  •surcease (verb)
  • rest,
  • defer,
  • postpone,
  • let up,
  • refrain.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discontinuance,
  • discontinuation,
  • belay,
  • stoppage.
  •
  • standstill,
  • halt.
  •
  • stall,
  • cut off,
  • arrest.
  •
  • stay.
  •
  • stop.
  •
  • check.
  •cease
  • Intermitting,
  • bring to end,
  • Intermitted,
  • packed in,
  • calls it quits,
  • call a day,
  • giving over,
  • packs in.
  •reprieve
  • respite.

Antonyms for Surcease:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    persistence, continuance, continuation, prolongation, extension.

Surcease Sentence Examples:

• Now was the time for an overwrought, overtired man, clothed in no restraint, to try what surcease was to be found in the bottom of a glass.

• So with one spring, one crash upon the ground, I had attained surcease from all my woes.