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stop
To be able to go no further; come to an end
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  1. To be able to go no further; come to an end
  2. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
  3. To prevent the flow or passage of:
cease
To put an end to; discontinue:
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  1. To put an end to; discontinue:
  2. To come to an end; stop:
  3. To stop performing an activity or action; desist:
halt
(Intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
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  1. (Intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
  2. To bring to a stop.
  3. (Intransitive) To stop marching.
discontinue
To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
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  1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
  2. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
  3. To stop using, doing, etc.; cease; give up
abandon
To leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
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  1. To leave, as in danger or out of necessity; forsake; desert
  2. To intentionally give up for all time an assertion or a claim of an interest in property or in a right or privilege.
  3. To give up (something) completely or forever
break off
To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
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  1. To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
  2. To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping
discontinue
To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
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  1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
  2. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
  3. To stop using, doing, etc.; cease; give up
leave off
(Intransitive)
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  1. (Intransitive)
  2. (Idiomatic) to omit
  3. (Informal) To desist; to cease.
quit
To cease or discontinue:
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  1. To cease or discontinue:
  2. To give up or stop trying, as in discouragement
  3. To stop, discontinue, or resign from
relinquish
To give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)
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  1. To give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)
  2. To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).
  3. To let go (a grasp, hold, etc.)
remit
To put back, as into a state or position
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  1. To put back, as into a state or position
  2. (Obs.) To give up; surrender
  3. To let slacken; decrease
stop
To be able to go no further; come to an end
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  1. To be able to go no further; come to an end
  2. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
  3. To prevent the flow or passage of:
swear off
(Idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit.
Find another word for desist. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for desist, like: stop, cease, halt, discontinue, stop, abandon, break off, discontinue, give up, leave off and quit.

Sentence Examples

  • As Asahel would not desist from the pursuit, though warned, Abner was compelled to slay him in self-defence.

  • Under pressure from the palatine of Batthyany an imperial edict was issued, on the 7th day of May, ordering the ban to desist from his separatist plans and take his orders from Pest.

  • Here Godfrey of Bouillon finally came to the front, and placing himself at the head of the discontented pilgrims, he forced Raymund to accept the offers of the amir of Tripoli, to desist from the siege, and to march to Jerusalem (in the middle of May 1099).

  • used the title on his seals and charters till he was compelled to desist by the emperor Charles IV.

  • "Lise, I beg you to desist," said Prince Andrew still more emphatically.

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