desistancen.
/dɪˈzɪstəns/ The action of desisting, leaving off, or forbearing to proceed; cessation, discontinuance of action.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun]
lissc1000
ceasec1330
stintc1330
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ceasinga1340
discontinuancea1398
cessationa1400
leaving-off?a1425
surceasingc1435
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staying1546
discontinuation1572
discontinuing1582
surcease1590
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cessure1607
desisting1607
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desistance1632
sistencea1639
surceasementa1641
supersession1648
dispractice1673
breaking-off1683
estoppage1701
cess1703
cesser1809
shutdown1857
stoppage1865
shut-off1889
sign-off1919
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 4 I partly forbeare..and reconciled times pleading desistance, moderate discretion inserteth silent patience.
1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xiii. 78 Men..make it both the Motive and the Excuse of their Desistance from giving any more, That they have given already.
1768 Women of Honor III. 48 It is an argument the more for your desistence.
1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. A word commanding cessation and desistance.
1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §33. 79 Life is maintained by persistence in acts which conduce to it, and desistance from acts which impede it.
1884 H. Spencer in 19th Cent. Nov. 837 I must here close the discussion, so far as my own desistence enables me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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