different between limitation vs cessation

English

Etymology

Latin limitatio.

Morphologically limit +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?m??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)

1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
2. A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
3. An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
4. (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

   The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.

Synonyms

• (time period): prescription

Antonyms

• limitlessness

Derived terms

• limitational
• statute of limitations

Related terms

• limitative

Translations

References

• limitation at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• militation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.mi.ta.sj??/

Noun

limitation f (plural limitations)

1. limitation (action of limiting)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cess?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /s??se???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)

1. (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.

   • it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.

Synonyms

• (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
• (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish

Translations

Anagrams

• canoeists, sonicates

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cess?ti?. Morphologically, from cesser +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.sa.sj??/

Noun

cessation f (plural cessations)

1. cessation

Further reading

• “cessation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).