desist
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Learner's definition of DESIST
[no object]
formal
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to stop doing something
— often + from
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see also cease and desist order
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Despite orders from the police, the protesters would not desist.
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They were ordered to desist from using the symbol as a logo.
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The court ordered the company to cease and desist from selling the photographs. [=to immediately stop selling the photographs]
