(law) To stop and not resume an action.

(law, chiefly attributive) A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.

(obsolete) conclusive or final

present participle of desist

simple past tense and past participle of desist

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desist

One who desists, who stops or has stopped doing something.

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of desist

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of desist

plural of desistor