'Desistance' definitions:
Definition of 'Desistance'
From: GCIDE
- 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]