Usually means: Cessation of a specific behavior.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. desistance: Merriam-Webster
  2. desistance: Collins English Dictionary
  3. desistance: Wordnik
  4. desistance: Wiktionary
  5. Desistance, desistance: Dictionary.com
  6. Desistance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. desistance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Desistance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. desistance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. desistance: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Desistance: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. desistance: Legal dictionary

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noun:  (rare) The act or state of desisting; cessation.

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