The Collaborative International Dictionary
Desistance
Desistance \De*sist"ance\, n. [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.
Wiktionary
desistance
n. (context rare English) The act or state of desisting; cessation.
Usage examples of "desistance".
They have not yet become men, those terrible ones: may they preach desistance from life, and pass away themselves!