desist Synonyms
Strongest:
- form
- start
- break
- arise
- set-in
- be
- begin
- set-in
- break
- exist
- commence
- originate
- begin
- appear
- exist
- originate
- commence
- form
- start
- appear
- arise
- be
Strong:
- dawn
- breathe
- engender
- spring
- live
- spring
- materialize
- dawn
- live
- subsist
- actualize
- breathe
- materialize
- engender
- emerge
- emerge
- subsist
- actualize
Weak:
desist Meaning
desist (v)
choose not to consume
desist (v. i.)
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
FAQs About the word desist
choose not to consumeTo cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
halt, conclude, finish, stop, discontinue, terminate,cease,quit, end, vanish
form, start, break, arise, set in, be,begin, set in, break, exist
The police ordered the protesters to desist from blocking the road.
Despite numerous warnings, the company refused to desist from dumping waste into the river.
The teacher instructed the students to desist from talking during the exam.
The doctor advised his patient to desist from smoking to improve his health.
