desistance
noun
the act or process of ceasing, especially from a criminal or antisocial behavior.
desistence
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a variation of
desistance.
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a word derived from
desist.
Example Sentences
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There were times when Laura thought her brother-in-law's formless desistence too frivolous for nature: it even gave her a sense of deeper dangers.
From A London Life and Other Tales by Henry James
Accordingly, although there has been a week of extraordinary desistence upon the part of the enemy, those who were about were careful enough to take their airing within a short distance of their bomb-proof shelters.
From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by J. Angus Hamilton
From time to time interference was attempted, but the demand for immediate desistence, made, watch in hand, by the naval officer on the spot, enforced submission.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
