Definitions for desist
dɪˈzɪst, -ˈsɪstde·sist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abstain, refrain, desistverb

   choose not to consume

   "I abstain from alcohol"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. desistverb

   To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DESISTverb

   To cease from any thing; to stop.

   Etymology: desisto, Latin.

   Desist, thou art discern’d,
   And toil’st in vain; nor me in vain molest. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

   There are many who will not quit a project, though they find it pernicious or absurd; but will readily desist from it, when they are convinced it is impracticable. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

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1. desist

   To desist means to stop or cease doing something, often referring to actions or behaviors that are harmful or undesirable. It can also refer to abstaining from continuing a legal action.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Desistverb

   to cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from

2. Etymology: [L. desistere; de- + sistere to stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. dsister. See Stand.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Desist

   de-sist′, v.i. to stop: to forbear.—ns. Desist′ance, -ence, a desisting. [Fr.,—L. desistĕre—de, away, and sistĕre, to cause to stand.]

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1. Desist

   Resist vs. Desist -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Resist and Desist.

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1. deists

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of desist in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of desist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of desist in a Sentence

1. Ezeugo Nnamdi Lawrence:

   They don't want to call it a racist attack against Africans but that's what it is, until the government has fully ensured our security, people should desist from coming here.

2. Jon Fine:

   It is our understanding that your client's representatives, including The Washington Post, continue to pursue and to disseminate these false and spurious allegations in a manner that is injurious to American Media and American Media executives, accordingly, we hereby demand that you cease and desist such defamatory conduct immediately. Any further dissemination of these false, vicious, speculative and unsubstantiated statements is done at your client's peril.

3. Melissa Klein:

   Brad and his cohorts at BOLI have overstepped their constitutional rights in requiring me to cease and desist from my constitutional freedom, i will fight them with every last breath I have.

4. Bernardino Leon:

   I urge the respective leaderships ... to listen to calls within their respective houses, and those of the Libyan people, and to desist from any further attempts and maneuvering to obstruct the democratic process.

5. The Journal:

   The commission issued an order requiringPhillipsto cease and desist discriminating against same-sex couples, and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed. But the commission violatedPhillips‘ rights, [Supreme CourtJustice Anthony] Kennedy said, because its ‘treatment of his case has some elements of a clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs that motivated his objection.’ Kennedy cited the comments of one commissioner, who said religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, including slavery and the Holocaust….

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=desist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Desist
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=desist
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desist
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=desist