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
Klaudio	-	Croatian
Deo	-	Indian, Hindi
Xanthippe	ksahn-teep-pe (Ancient Greek), zan-TIP-ee (English)	Ancient Greek
Cecil	['sesl]
Allard	-	Dutch
Mirinda	mee-REEN-dah	Esperanto