surcease \SUR-sees; sur-SEES\, noun:
Cessation; stop; end.

One of his clearest remembrances from childhood was the feeling that swept over him when, on a Saturday morning, the sun had sequestered itself behind a cascade of clouds and rain, thick, relentless walls of rain, came pounding down with no promise of surcease, black greasy rain that eradicated all hopes of an outdoor day. -- Stanley Bing, Lloyd: What Happened When flights are delayed and the airport concourse looks like the subway at rush hour, children crawling among luggage a nd lines winding to pay phones, anxious travelers yearn for surcease. -- Betsy Wade, "Airline Clubs: Worth the Cost?", New York Times, August 24, 1997