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desistance

noun

/dɪˈsɪstəns/

Meaning

The act of stopping or ceasing from some action or behavior.

The court urged his desistance from further unlawful activities.

cessation, termination, discontinuance, restraint

continuation, persistence

desistance from crime, encourage desistance, support desistance

The process of converting or establishing something as legal tender.

The internal content of a concept; the set of attributes implied by a word or phrase.

a person employed to clean and maintain a building; a caretaker

A fundamental subatomic particle that combines to form protons and neutrons.

a substance that removes or conceals unpleasant smells, especially bodily odors

a person's name written in their own handwriting as identification or authorization