All surcease synonyms
sur·cease
S s verb surcease
- call it quits — to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- give over — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- give notice — warn, inform
- intermitting — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
- leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- knock off — an act or instance of knocking.
- desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
- intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
- cut it out — to stop doing what one is doing
- kick the habit — quit smoking
noun surcease
- logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
- hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- cunctation — delay