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desistere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • desist verb To stop doing something, often used as a formal or legal instruction.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.

Senses

desistere is used for these senses in English:

  • desist (ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
  • give up (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
  • relinquish (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

give up — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  2. phrasal verb To stop doing or having something, especially a habit or pleasure.
  3. phrasal verb To hand something over, or to surrender yourself, to someone else.

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