Desistance

Desistance
Desistance De*sist"ance, n. [Cf. F. desistance.] The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] --Boyle. [1913 Webster]

If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]


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