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desistance

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de⋅sist

  [di-zist, -sist]
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–verb (used without object)
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < OF desister < L dēsistere to leave off, equiv. to dē- de- + sistere to stand, place, akin to stāre to stand

Related forms:
de⋅sist⋅ance, de⋅sist⋅ence, noun
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desist 
1459, from M.Fr. desister (1358), from L. desistere, from de- "off" + sistere "stop, come to a stand" (see assist).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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