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