desist
- to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
Origin of desist
Related Words for desist
relinquish, abstain, cease, forbear, quit, suspend, end, halt, avoid, discontinue, yield, pause, resign, abandon, surceaseExamples from the Web for desist
Contemporary Examples of 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.
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 FixMichelle Cottle
January 28, 2014
It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.
I hereby call on all Republicans involved in any voter suppression efforts to cease and desist immediately.
And I wish, for the sake of our country and in the name of decency, both sides would cease and desist.
Historical Examples of desist
This time he did not desist until he had broken through the panel.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
She stood on a balcony above, and called upon the people to desist, and hear her.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
Then in English he had summoned his countrymen also to desist.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
Stephen was even the more provoked because Benjamin cried to him to desist.
The Fairchild FamilyMary Martha Sherwood
But desist from this, at once; it is a thing that cannot be apprehended (grasped).
desist
- (intr often foll by from) to cease, as from an action; stop or abstain
Word Origin for desist
Word Origin and History for desist
Idioms and Phrases with desist
desist
see cease and desist.