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desistance
noun as in cessation
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noun as in close
Strongest match
noun as in closure
noun as in conclusion
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in discontinuance
noun as in end
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in ending
noun as in finish
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in stop
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in stopping point
Weak matches
- accomplishment
- achievement
- adjournment
- attainment
- bottom line
- cease
- cessation
- close
- closing
- closure
- completion
- conclusion
- consequence
- consummation
- culmination
- curtain
- denouement
- desuetude
- determination
- discontinuance
- end of the line
- ending
- execution
- expiration
- expiry
- finale
- finis
- finish
- fulfillment
- issue
- last word
- omega
- outcome
- payoff
- perfection
- period
- realization
- resolution
- result
- retirement
- sign-off
- stop
- target
- termination
- terminus
- upshot
- wind-up
- wrap-up
noun as in termination
noun as in terminus
Strong matches
- accomplishment
- achievement
- adjournment
- attainment
- cease
- cessation
- close
- closing
- closure
- completion
- conclusion
- consequence
- consummation
- culmination
- curtain
- denouement
- desuetude
- determination
- discontinuance
- ending
- execution
- expiration
- expiry
- finale
- finis
- finish
- fulfillment
- issue
- omega
- outcome
- payoff
- perfection
- period
- realization
- resolution
- result
- retirement
- stop
- target
- termination
- upshot
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Desistance means when someone stops identifying as transgender and pursuing medical transition.
Voting is “part of a package of pro-social behavior that is linked to desistance from crime.”
We need people excited about comedians sticking it to dumbstruck conservative attorneys general who can’t even name the medical organization she’s attributing her completely made-up, bogus desistance statistic to.
Rather, they use the threat of certain but nonsevere punishments to encourage people to find their own paths to desistance.
The idea that many trans kids will grow out of it is referred to in research as desistance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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