DESIST
(verb) choose not to consume
"I abstain from alcohol"
synonyms : abstain , refrain"You have to refrain from smoking" -added by sradha_inlas
During pregancy to-be-mothers are advised to abstain from many types of foodstuffs. -added by priyavanjeri
During pregancy to-be-mothers are advised to abstain from many types of foodstuffs. -added by priyavanjeri
to cease or stop, often used with "from" : It is not good to desist from work , just because we cannot immediately see the result or outward victory. Why not just love doing your work at the moment? -added by shalnew
Abstain from smoking for a healthy life.
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Mnemonics for desist
(Tag: ) DESIST rhymes with resist.so when yu resist ur temptations it means yu ABSTAIN or REFRAIN from it
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-2 (Tag: ) 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.
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-1 (Tag: ) DO+RESIST....have resistance to DO something...hence DESIST...imagine your mother is saying you.."DO RESIST ALCHOHOL"...
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-0 (Tag: ) DESIST => Break it as Dis+ Assist i.e assisting no more or stop doing something.
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-1 (Tag: Global) To Insist mean to do something so to desist mean to stop doing something
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-0 (Tag: ) itna RESIST karoge to operation DESIST karna padega
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