(n.) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of a cessation of the war\.

Z abandonment abeyance abjuration abjurement absentation apodosis breach break caesura casting away catastrophe cease ceasing close closing coda cold storage conclusion consummation crack of doom culmination curtain curtains dead set dead stand dead stop deadlock death decease decline denouement desistance destination destiny desuetude discontinuance disuse doom dying down ebb ebbing effect end end point ending envoi epilogue eschatology evacuation expiration fate final solution final twitch final words finale finality finis finish fissure forbearance forsaking full stop gap goal halt hiatus homestretch interim intermission interruption interval izzard jettison jettisoning lacuna lapse last last breath last gasp last lap last round last stage last things last trumpet last words latter end leaving letup lock lull nonexercise omega pause payoff period peroration pulling out quietus relinquishment renouncement renunciation resignation resolution resting place stand standstill stillstand stop stoppage stopping place subsidence suspension swan song term terminal termination terminus throwing overboard waiver wane waning windup withdrawal