" cessation "

 [ "cessation" ]

1: ces·sa·tion (sĕ-sāˈshən)

  * e.g.,  ... a cessation of hostilities, a cessation of the war 

 [ "cessation" ]

2: noun

 [ "cessation" ]

3: A bringing or coming to an end; a ceasing,or stopping, either forever or for some time Origin: Middle English cessacioun, from Old French cessation

 [ "Elevation Cessation" ]

1: The letdown experienced after standing in an elevator, doors almost closed, and someone activates the sensor in a last minute attempt to board by pressing the outside button or waving a hand between the doors.

  * e.g.,  ... I was in a full elevator and experienced Elevation Cessation when Harold did a mean karate chop between the doors, trying to board. 

 [ "cessation of the moontimes" ]

1: when the female types stop getting the moontimes, aka MENOPAUZ

  * e.g.,  ... my mom really has been sassy recently, probably due to the cessation of the moontimes. 

 [ "cessat ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex" ]

1: a) a Latin phrase meaning (original meaning): if the rationale behind a law fails, so should the law (i.e. it is potentially time to replace said law, since it may n o longer serve its intended purpose) b) (my new and improved English translation of the phrase): a nicer way of saying " repeal and replace" old and possibly antiquated laws)

  * e.g.,  ... can cessat ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex, definition b) be applied, or should it even be applied, to Obamacare?