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Webster 1913 Edition
Desistance
De-sist′ance
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
desistance
.] The act or state of desisting; cessation.
[R.]
Boyle.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Desistance
DESISTANCE
,Noun.