Found 1 items, similar to Desistance.
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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]