Desistance definitions

Desistance

1) Cessation
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Desistance

• (n.) The act or state of desisting; cessation.
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Desistance

De·sist'ance noun [ Confer French desistance .] The act or state of desisting; cessation. [ R.] Boyle. « If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order.» H. Spencer.
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