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What does desist mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; (often with from)
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He has no permission under the law to do so and I would advise him to cease and desist.
Unruly patients will begin with an informal warning from a senior manager, but failure to desist will result in a yellow card being issued.
He was warned to cease and desist, but now, he insisted that he had to perform that way!
However, he said he would desist from doing that now that motions to change the policy have been submitted to Congress.
She said the police officer ordered the two bickering women to cease and desist, but the women ignored him.
He also ordered that they were to desist from causing obstruction to council workers or trespass on council offices.

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