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The art of not continuing, mastered late by every brake pedal and conversation.
means The act of ceasing motion, action, or progress, whether by choice or sudden necessity.
from From Old English stoppian, meaning to plug or close up, as one would block a hole — the idea of motion arrested came later, once we had things worth halting.
Original sensePlugging a leak, not halting a car.
PhysicsStopping distance grows with speed squared, not speed.
Linguistic cousinStopper, stubble, and the verb stuff all related.