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/dɪˈsɪst/ · verb
(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from)..
Please desist from telephoning me at this number.
One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.
After hearing[,] an order was entered requiring respondent to cease and desist the practice complained of under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission act.
Desist the kind of thinking that gets you into trouble. Thinking is in itself fine, but grabbing onto thoughts and images of your self will bring you suffering. Once you learn how to desist, how to let go of your ego-grasping mind, then cease thinking ...
Use desist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Desist means (ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from)..
Common synonyms include absist, belay, blin, break off.
Possible antonyms include continue, persevere, persist, proceed.
Please desist from telephoning me at this number.
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