desist from

desist from something

to stop doing something. You must desist from further attempts to contact your wife. I wish you would desist from calling me Willie.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abhinav	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu
Ruarc	-	Irish
Nanette	na-NET	English
Lore (1)	LO-rə	German
Artemius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Quanah	KWAH-nə (English)	Native American, Comanche