Thesaurus / desist
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The complaint says that Miramax sent Tarantino a cease-and-desist once they learned of the endeavor, which Tarantino ignored.
THE QUENTIN TARANTINO-MIRAMAX DISPUTE ISN'T THE FIRST LAWSUIT OVER NFTS—AND IT WON'T BE THE LASTANDREW R. CHOWNOVEMBER 17, 2021TIMEThe agency has sent hundreds of warning letters to organizations for promoting a range of bogus coronavirus treatments, ordering them to cease and desist.
HOUSE PANEL OPENS INQUIRY INTO ONLINE BUSINESSES OVER ‘QUESTIONABLE’ CORONAVIRUS TREATMENTS AND MISINFORMATIONAARON GREGGOCTOBER 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLast month, Randle issued a cease-and-desist letter demanding the commission stop using her name or likeness to promote the official commemoration.
TENSIONS ERUPT IN TULSA AS CITY COMMEMORATES 1921 RACE MASSACREDENEEN L. BROWNMAY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn late April, the city issued a cease-and-desist notice to JOCO, which the company ignored.
JOCO ALLOWED TO CONTINUE EBIKE OPERATIONS AS NYC LAWSUIT PLAYS OUTREBECCA BELLANMAY 6, 2021TECHCRUNCHThe team has served 32 cease-and-desist orders in Carlsbad since December, Reyes said.
HOW CARLSBAD RESTAURANTS BECAME GROUND ZERO FOR CORONAVIRUS DEFIANCEKAYLA JIMENEZ AND SARA LIBBYJANUARY 19, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe Jews flocked from all parts to assist in the work; but the combined forces were obliged to desist from the attempt.
GOSPEL PHILOSOPHYJ. H. WARDShe even threatens to strike the bell, when the Count de Carojac appears, and warns his rival to desist.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PLAYBRONSON HOWARDBut Warren begged him to desist, confident as he was that any further attempt would result in ill to them.
THE YOUNG RANCHERSEDWARD S. ELLISAnd Friedrich did desist, in that direction, poor youth; but tried it the more in others.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. VII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEBut these clowns would not desist; they even added jeers and threats of violence if she did not leave the place.
STORIES OF HEROIC DEEDS FOR BOYS AND GIRLSJAMES JOHONNOTWORDS RELATED TO DESIST
- beg off
- brush off
- decline
- demur
- desist
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- dispense with
- dissent
- dodge
- evade
- give thumbs down to
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- ignore
- make excuses
- nix
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- pass up
- protest
- rebuff
- refuse to receive
- regret
- reject
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- shun
- spurn
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn down
- turn from
- turn one's back on
- withdraw
- withhold
- abate
- absolve
- alleviate
- amnesty
- cancel
- condone
- decrease
- defer
- delay
- desist
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease up
- excuse
- exonerate
- fall away
- forbear
- forgive
- halt
- hold off
- hold up
- intermit
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- pardon
- prorogue
- put off
- reduce
- relax
- release
- repeal
- reprieve
- rescind
- respite
- shelve
- sink
- slack
- slacken
- soften
- stay
- suspend
- wane
- weaken
- abated
- absolved
- alleviated
- amnestied
- canceled
- condoned
- decreased
- deferred
- delayed
- desisted
- diminished
- dwindled
- eased up
- excused
- exonerated
- fell away
- forbore
- forgave
- halted
- held off
- held up
- intermited
- mitigated
- moderated
- modified
- modulated
- pardoned
- prorogued
- put off
- reduced
- relaxed
- released
- repealed
- reprieved
- rescinded
- respited
- sank
- shelved
- slacked
- slackened
- softened
- stayed
- suspended
- waned
- weakened
- be over
- blow off
- break
- break off
- call it a day
- cease
- close
- cold turkey
- come to a standstill
- conclude
- cool it
- cut out
- cut short
- desist
- discontinue
- draw up
- drop
- end
- finish
- halt
- hang it up
- hold
- kill
- pause
- pull up
- put an end to
- quit
- quit cold
- refrain
- run its course
- scrub
- shut down
- sign off
- stall
- stand
- stay
- tarry
- terminate
- wind up
- wrap up
- blows off
- breaks
- breaks off
- calls it a day
- ceases
- closes
- cold turkey
- comes to a standstill
- concludes
- cool it
- cuts out
- cuts short
- desists
- discontinues
- draws up
- drops
- ends
- finishes
- halts
- hangs it up
- holds
- is over
- kills
- pauses
- pulls up
- puts an end to
- quits
- quits cold
- refrains
- runs its course
- scrubs
- shuts down
- signs off
- stalls
- stands
- stays
- tarries
- terminates
- winds up
- wraps up
- abolish
- abort
- achieve
- adjourn
- annul
- bounce
- bound
- bring to an end
- cancel
- cease
- close
- come to an end
- complete
- conclude
- confine
- cut off
- define
- desist
- determine
- discharge
- discontinue
- dismiss
- dissolve
- drop
- eliminate
- end
- expire
- extinguish
- fire
- halt
- issue
- lapse
- limit
- perfect
- prorogate
- prorogue
- put an end to
- recess
- restrict
- result
- run out
- sack
- scratch
- scrub
- tether
- ultimate
- wind down
- wind up
- wrap
- wrap up
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