(transitive, intransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).

(rare) The act or state of desisting; cessation.

(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

plural of desistance

A person who desists.

plural of desister

plural of desistence