Desist

Verb

 * 1)  To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
 * 2) * 1906, Jack London, White Fang, part I, ch I,
 * One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.

Verbs for Desist
accomplish—; aggravate—; appease—; arouse—; attain—; awake—; balk—; beat with—; breed—; burn with—; cater to—; chasten—; cherish—; communicate—; conquer—; curtail—; eat up with—; entertain—; equal—; exercise—; experience—; exploit—; express—; feed—; flash—; gratify—; humble—; humor—; inflame—; inhibit—; instill—; intensify—; kindle—; lack—; languish in—; loose—; master—; melt into—; nourish—; obscure—; obsess with—; overbalance—; prompt—; provoke— quell—; quench—;   quicken—;  quiet— raise—; realize—; refine—; relinquish— repress—; reward—; satisfy—; seethe with—; seize with—; sharpen—; smother— subjugate—;  sublimate—;  submit to— tangle—s; temper—; throttle—; thwart— undermine—; yield to—; —consumes; — disquiets; —embodies; —endures; —fires; —hounds; —hungers; —impels; —motivates; —rules; —tortures; —urges on.

Synonyms for Desist
cease, stop, discontinue, forbear, abstain, drop, relinquish, quit.

Antonyms for Desist
continue, persevere, endure, wait, hold, carry on, keep on, retain.

Thesaurus
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, belay, cancel, cease, cede, come off, cry quits, cut it out, cut out, desist from, discontinue, disuse, drop, drop it, end, forgo, forswear, give, give over, give up, halt, hand over, have done with, hold, knock it off, lay down, lay off, leave off, let go, nol-pros, not pursue with, put behind one, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, scrub, stay, stop, surrender, terminate, throw up, waive, yield

Translations

 * Bulgarian: въздържам се, спирам
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, felhagy


 * Portuguese: desistir
 * Spanish: desistir
 * Vietnamese: ngừng, thôi, nghỉ (làm việc gì); bỏ, chừa (rượu)

Anagrams

 * deists, Deists