Entry: surcease (n.)
In context: "'You can of course view entertainments again and again without surcease on TelEntertainment disks of storage and retrieval.'"
Definition: The action, or an act, of bringing or coming to an end; (a) cessation, stop; esp. (a) temporary cessation, suspension, or intermission.
Other:
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 600
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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