cease
     n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
     v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
          little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {give up},
          {quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
     2: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
        either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate
        in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe
        upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the
        bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: {end},
        {stop}, {finish}, {terminate}] [ant: {begin}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0