Meaning of Desistance | Babel Free

Definitions

The act or state of desisting; cessation.

countable, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If the writings now sent be seriously perused concerning the common defence, besieging of Bantam, their desistance from the trade⟳ of Moluccas, Amboyna, and Banda, their complaints against Declell, and answers to the writings of the Dutch, are confident that the advantage will not appear⟳ so great.”

“This entire decisive desistance from the accustomed resort, has the effect in a few days, to weaken the appetite.”

“In 1767, the crown for the first time set⟳ forward⟳ claims on the territory and revenues of India; but the Company purchased its desistance by a subsidy equivalent to ten or twelve millions of francs.”

“[O]n one side she was defended by the wall of the room and on the other rendered inaccessible by Miriam's mother, who clung to her with a quickly-rooted fidelity, showing no symptom of desistance.”

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