The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surcease \Sur*cease"\, n. [F. sursis, from sursis, p. p. of
   surseoir to suspend, postpone, defer, in OF., to delay,
   refrain from, forbear, L. supersedere. Surcease is not
   connected with E. cease. See Supersede.]
   Cessation; stop; end. "Not desire, but its surcease."
   --Longfellow.
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         It is time that there were an end and surcease made of
         this immodest and deformed manner of writing. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surcease \Sur*cease"\, v. t.
   To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] "The waves . . . their
   range surceast." --Spenser.
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         The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surcease \Sur*cease"\, v. i.
   To cease. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surcease
    n 1: a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation,
         surcease]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "surcease":
   abandonment, break, breakoff, breath, breather, breathing place,
   breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, catharsis, cease,
   ceasing, cessation, cigarette break, cleansing, close, closing,
   cocktail hour, coffee break, deliverance, desinence, desist,
   desistance, discharge, discontinuance, discontinuation,
   discontinue, downtime, emotional release, enforced respite,
   freeing, give over, halt, happy hour, interlude, intermission,
   knock off, leave off, letup, lull, pause, purgation, purge,
   purging, quit, recess, release, relinquishment, removal,
   renunciation, reprieve, respite, rest, shutdown, spell, stay,
   stopping, suspension, tea break, termination, time out