The Only Use of
cessation
in
Ethan Frome
- At Worcester, though he had the name of keeping to himself and not being much of a hand at a good time, he had secretly gloried in being clapped on the back and hailed as "Old Ethe" or "Old Stiff"; and the cessation of such familiarities had increased the chill of his return to Starkfield.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(cessation) a stopping