desistance

[ dih-sis-tuhns, -zis- ]

noun

1. the act or process of ceasing, especially from a criminal or antisocial behavior:

   Substance abuse has been found to hinder desistance in young adults' aggressive behavior.

Other Words From

• non·de·sist·ance non·de·sist·ence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of desistance¹

desist ( def ) + -ance ( def )

Example Sentences

It also said it will adhere to a cease-and-desist order to not violate federal anti-fraud and record-keeping provisions.

From Washington Post

Since people learned that Facebook had sent a cease-and-desist letter to the researchers, thousands more volunteers have downloaded the Ad Observer browser extension.

From Vox

The number of participants is now more than 13,000, which is double the 6,500 who had signed up before Facebook’s cease-and-desist letter.

From Vox

The cease-and-desist letter also said that if the researchers don’t shut down the tool voluntarily, they “may be subject to additional enforcement action.”

From Vox

Federal officials ordered Georgia’s Medicaid agency to “immediately cease and desist” the use of development authorities to obtain bonus payments.

From ProPublica

It was felt by them at the time to be an additional incentive to moderation, to sobriety, to desistance from extreme views.

From Project Gutenberg

All these charges were quieted by intrigue, bribery of the judges, or desistance of the accuser.

From Project Gutenberg

There are preachers of death: and the earth is full of those to whom desistance from life must be preached.

From Project Gutenberg

They have not yet become men, those terrible ones: may they preach desistance from life, and pass away themselves!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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