n.
[Cf. F. 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.
desistance
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IN BRIEF: Cessation of action; Discontinuance.
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