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Synonyms for desist
dɪˈzɪst, -ˈsɪstde·sist

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. desist

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

    Antonyms:
    continue, proceed, persist, persevere

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. abstain, refrain, desistverb

    choose not to consume

    "I abstain from alcohol"

    Synonyms:
    forbear, refrain, abstain

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. desistverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "desist":

    cease, abstain, refrain, stop

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1038stop
#2158drop
#2674finish
#6027quit
#8648conclude
#10518terminate
#10611pause
#11444cease
#17539refrain
#22808discontinue
#28757abstain
#35669desist
#90962forbear
#318728intermit

How to use desist in a sentence?

  1. John Comenius:

    To hate a man because he was born in another country, because he speaks a different language, or because he takes a different view of this subject or that, is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human...Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity.

  2. John Brewer:

    It’s obviously a very distorted and unflattering photo, and it’s hurtful and it’s wrong, i want whoever is behind the use of this image to cease and desist and do so immediately or it will leave me with no option but to pursue legal recourse against them. According to the article, attorneys say the ads could violate the former governor’s right of publicity, which gives her control over her image and name. One of the images appears to be a cropped version of a June 2010 Reuters picture, The Arizona Republic reported. It was unclear who took the other photo. The Arizona Republic reported that one of the ads featured on a recommendation widget sponsored by RevContent.com -- an ad network which buys space on websites, while another was provided by Content.ad. Katherine Saviola, a RevContent brand manager, told The Arizona Republic that they had not heard that.

  3. Pirkei Avot:

    The day is short, the task is great, the master is insistent. It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it…

  4. 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.

  5. 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 maneuverings to obstruct the democratic process.


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