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
Ala	-	Arabic
Abhilasha	-	Indian, Hindi
Erastos	-	Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Hilde	HIL-də (German, Dutch)	German, Dutch, Norwegian
Persis	-	Biblical, Biblical Greek
StefÁN	-	Icelandic