noun
- cessation or end of something
Usage: formal; archaic
verb
- to cease or come to an end
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The king declared a surcease of all hostilities.
- After years of conflict, there was finally a surcease of violence.
- The pain will surcease with proper treatment.
- When the storm surceases, we can continue our journey.
- The old law provided no surcease from taxation.
- His suffering surceases only in sleep.