Related Words for desist

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WordSyllablesCategories
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
abstain
x/
Noun, Verb
cease
/
Noun, Verb
relent
x/
Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
forbear
x/
Verb
forbid
x/
Verb
forthwith
//
Adverb
comply
x/
Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
stop
/
Noun
enjoin
x/
Verb
bother
/x
Verb
dissuade
x/
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
admonish
x/x
Verb
entreat
x/
Verb
exhort
x/
Verb
abate
x/
Noun
oblige
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
harassing
x/x
Adjective
badgering
/xx
Noun
abandon
x/x
Verb
intending
x/x
Verb
deter
x/
Verb
threatening
/xx
Adjective
remonstrate
/xx
Verb
commence
x/
Verb
refusing
x/x
Verb
objecting
x/x
Verb
compel
x/
Verb
quit
/
Verb
denouncing
x/x
Verb
discourage
x/x
Verb
entreaties
x/x
Noun
inciting
x/x
Verb
urging
/x
Verb
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
henceforth
//
Adverb
requesting
x/x
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
vowing
/x
Verb
goading
/x
Noun
chide
/
Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
uttering
/xx
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
chastise
x/
Verb
implore
x/
Verb
pestering
/xx
Verb
dare
/
Verb
reprimand
/xx
Noun
persuading
x/x
Verb
beseech
x/
Verb
insist
x/
Verb
cajoling
x/x
Noun
proceed
x/
Verb
resist
x/
Verb
displease
x/
Verb
issuing
/xx
Verb
dignify
/xx
Verb
heed
/
Verb
deign
/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
prohibit
x/x
Verb
proscribe
x/
Verb
lest
/
Adjective
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
attempting
x/x
Verb
henceforward
//x
Adverb
disperse
x/
Verb
forsake
x/
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
desiring
x/xx
Verb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
ordering
/xx
Noun
quarrelling
/xx
Verb
thence
/
Adverb
debar
x/
Noun
instructing
x/x
Verb
rescind
x/
Verb
thereby
//
Adverb
sanction
/x
Noun
subside
x/
Verb
reproaching
x/x
Verb
cease and desist
//x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
rest
/
Noun
leave off
//
Phrase, Verb
come to an end
////
Phrase, Verb
leave alone
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
retire
x/
Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb
halt
/
Noun
come to a stop
//x/
Phrase, Verb
leave
/
Verb
lay off
//
Phrase, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
draw up
//
Phrase, Verb
fine
/
Adjective
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
stand down
//
Phrase, Verb
resign
x/
Verb
stay
/
Verb
offending
x/x
Noun
molesting
x/x
Verb
therefrom
//
Noun
persecuting
/xxx
Verb
prosecuting
/xxx
Verb
adjudicative
x/xxx
Adjective
admiralty
/xxx
Noun
altering
/xx
Noun
appellate
x/x
Adjective
appointment
x/x
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
atone
x/
Verb
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bacon
/x
Noun
benefice
x/x
Noun, Verb
bike
/
Noun, Verb
biographer
x/xx
Noun
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bishopric
/xx
Noun
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boswell
/x
Name
boycott
/x
Noun, Verb
cathartic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chronicler
/xx
Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
confirmatory
x/xxx
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
contempt
x/
Noun
declaratory
x/xxx
Adjective
depend
x/
Verb
determinative
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
disciplinary
/xxxx
Adjective, Noun
dispense
x/
Verb, Noun
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
executory
x/xxx
Adjective
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
forego
x/
Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
fundraising
/xx
Noun, Adjective
have
/
Verb, Noun
ingest
x/
Verb, Noun
keep off
//
Phrase, Verb
persuasive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
preferment
x/x
Noun
relinquish
x/x
Verb
revelatory
x/xxx
Adjective
speak
/
Verb, Noun
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tucker
/x
Name, Verb
waive
/
Verb, Noun
wife
/
Noun, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name