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    desist

    desist - Dictionary definition and meaning for word desist

    Definition
    (verb) choose not to consume
    Synonyms : abstain , refrain
    Example Sentence
    • I abstain from alcohol
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desist

DESIST rhymes with resist.so when yu resist ur temptations it means yu ABSTAIN or REFRAIN from it

desist: Think of insist, resist, desist. The three "sist" verbs are on a something of a progressive "forceful" related actions: insist - to forcefully demand, resist - to forcefully oppose, and desist - to forcefully stop.

DO+RESIST....have resistance to DO something...hence DESIST...imagine your mother is saying you.."DO RESIST ALCHOHOL"...

DESIST => Break it as Dis+ Assist i.e assisting no more or stop doing something.

To Insist mean to do something so to desist mean to stop doing something

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itna RESIST karoge to operation DESIST karna padega

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