abandonment, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, discontinuance, freeing, knock off, purge, removal, spell, time out
Definitionn. a stopping
Last update: October 12, 2015
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It procured me at last some surcease from my suspense. [Please select]
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There he hoped in a renewal of the old life under the old conditions to win surcease from sorrow and perhaps some measure of forgetfulness. [Please select]
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In the past he had liked comfort and surcease from pain, disliked discomfort and pain, and he had adjusted his actions accordingly. [Please select]
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Beside the lamp, Big Bill without surcease ticked off the flying minutes of a writer's prized leisure. [Please select]
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"I want more space and independence, more quiet--surcease from meeting fellow-boarders at every step." [Please select]
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Under the tiny bridge, a correspondingly tiny brook purled without surcease, its heart set upon somewhere finding the sea. [Please select]
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