desist

He said that when he told her to desist, she threatened to hit herself and then tell the cops that he had done it.

The Black Widow of Silicon Valley

Michael Daly

July 14, 2014

Then there are the cases where the FEC does issue a cease and desist directive—only to be completely ignored.

Hillary’s SuperPAC War Proves Yet Again That Campaign Finance Needs a Fix

Michelle Cottle

January 28, 2014

It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.

I Will Not Return to the Dark Reality of Putin's Russia

Garry Kasparov

June 20, 2013

I hereby call on all Republicans involved in any voter suppression efforts to cease and desist immediately.

Four Things Reince Priebus Could Say That Would Matter

Michael Tomasky

March 19, 2013

And I wish, for the sake of our country and in the name of decency, both sides would cease and desist.

Campbell Brown: Keep Newtown Off the Culture War Battlefield

Campbell Brown

December 21, 2012

This time he did not desist until he had broken through the panel.

She stood on a balcony above, and called upon the people to desist, and hear her.

Then in English he had summoned his countrymen also to desist.

Stephen was even the more provoked because Benjamin cried to him to desist.

But desist from this, at once; it is a thing that cannot be apprehended (grasped).