PERPETUATING Antonyms

• the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

• the act of ending something

• the point in time at which something ends

• event whose occurrence ends something

• the last section of a communication

• the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

• a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

• the act of finishing

• disabled in the feet or legs

• fragmentary or halting from emotional strain

• fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

• the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

• (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

• put an end to a state or an activity

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• put an end to a state or an activity

• come to or be at an end

• prevent completion

• put an end to a state or an activity

• give up or retire from a position

• go away or leave

• turn away from; give up

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat