The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RESTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1964.
Ceases from action crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RESTS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ceases from action
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stops
- cease
- vanishing point
- ceasing
- aspirator
- break
- capillary
- circle
- circles
- circling
- continuance
- continuous
Crossword Answer definitions
RESTS noun- (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- A final position after death.
- A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- Absence of motion.
- A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- A set or game at tennis.
- To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- To be or to put into a state of rest.
- To stay, remain, be situated.
- To lean, lie, or lay.
- To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- To sleep; slumber.
- To lie dormant.
- To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- To rely or depend on.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- To remain.
- To arrest.
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