terminate.

Strains of music may gradually or suddenly _cease_. A man _quits_ work
on the instant; he may _discontinue_ a practise gradually; he _quits_
suddenly and completely; he _stops_ short in what he may or may not
resume; he _pauses_ in what he will probably resume. What _intermits_ or
is _intermitted_ returns again, as a fever that _intermits_. Compare
ABANDON; DIE; END; REST.

Antonyms:

begin, inaugurate, originate, set going, set on foot,
commence, initiate, set about, set in operation, start.
enter upon, institute,

Preposition:

Cease _from_ anger.

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CELEBRATE.

Synonyms:

commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize.

To _celebrate_ any event or occasion is to make some demonstration of
respect or rejoicing because of or in memory of it, or to perform such
public rites or ceremonies as it properly demands. We _celebrate_ the
birth, _commemorate_ the death of one beloved or honored. We _celebrate_
a national anniversary with music and song, with firing of guns and
ringing of bells; we _commemorate_ by any solemn and thoughtful service,
or by a monument or other enduring memorial. We _keep_ the Sabbath,
_solemnize_ a marriage, _observe_ an anniversary; we _celebrate_ or
_observe_ the Lord's Supper in which believers _commemorate_ the
sufferings and death of Christ.

Antonyms:

contemn, dishonor, forget, neglect, profane,
despise, disregard, ignore, overlook, violate.

Prepositions:

We celebrate the day _with_ appropriate ceremonies; the victory was
celebrated _by_ the people, _with_ rejoicing.

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CENTER.

Synonyms:

middle, midst.

We speak of the _center_ of a circle, the _middle_ of a room, the
_middle_ of the street, the _midst_ of a forest. The _center_ is equally
distant from every point of the circumference of a circle, or from the
opposite boundaries on each axis of a parallelogram, etc.; the _middle_
is more general and less definite. The _center_ is a point; the _middle_
may be a line or a space. We say _at_ the _center_; _in_ the _middle_.
_Midst_ commonly implies a group or multitude of surrounding objects.
Compare synonyms for AMID.

Antonyms:

bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim.

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CHAGRIN.

Synonyms:

confusion, discomposure, humiliation, shame,
disappo