Synonyms for desist
dɪˈzɪst, -ˈsɪstde·sist

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1. desist

   Strains of music may gradually or suddenly cease. A man quits work on the instant; he may discontinue a practise gradually; he quits suddenly and completely; he stops short in what he may or may not resume; he pauses in what he will probably resume. What intermits or is intermitted returns again, as a fever that intermits. Compare ABANDON; DIE; END; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, pause, quit, refrain, stop, terminate

   Antonyms:
   begin, commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, start

   Preposition:
   Cease from anger.

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1. desist

   Synonyms:
   cease, stop, discontinue, drop, abstain, forbear, leave off

   Antonyms:
   continue, proceed, persist, persevere

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1. abstain, refrain, desistverb

   choose not to consume

   "I abstain from alcohol"

   Synonyms:
   forbear, refrain, abstain

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1. desistverb

   Synonyms:
   cease, stop, pause, forbear, stay, leave off, break off, give over

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1. List of paraphrases for "desist":

   cease, abstain, refrain, stop

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How to use desist in a sentence?

1. Frederic Bruno:

   Mr. Clark was given multiple opportunities to desist, while he was being legally detained, he chose to resist, fight officers and to seize control of an officer's firearm.

2. 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.

3. Sheila Jackson Lee:

   When you have a mother tell you directly that she's in fear that she will never see her child again, and when the United Nations Human Rights Commission indicate to the Trump administration that you are violating human rights, then you know that what we are saying today is President Trump, cease and desist.

4. 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….

5. Magha:

   The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.