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desistir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • desist verb To stop doing something, often used as a formal or legal instruction.
  • forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.

Senses

desistir is used for these senses in English:

  • desist (ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
  • forfeit To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

forfeit — full definition

  1. verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  2. noun Something lost or given up as a penalty.

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