Desist

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To cease doing something; forbear. See Synonyms at stop.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stop; cease from some action or proceeding; forbear: used absolutely or with from.
  • Synonyms To pause, stay, desist (from), leave (off), discontinue, give (over), break (off).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. choose not to consume
  • Antonym
    continue   
    Verb Form
    desisted    desisting    desists   
    Hyponym
    avoid    keep off    teetotal    fast   
    Form
    desisted    desisting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stop    forbear    cease    stay    pause   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Liszt    assist    cist    coexist    consist    cyst    delist    dismissed    enlist    exist