desistance
Example Sentences
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Voting is “part of a package of pro-social behavior that is linked to desistance from crime.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022
Rather, they use the threat of certain but nonsevere punishments to encourage people to find their own paths to desistance.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
The most frequently cited desistance statistic is that around 80 percent of kids who experience gender dysphoria will go on to be cisgender adults.
From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2021
The idea that many trans kids will grow out of it is referred to in research as desistance.
From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2021
Cessation -- N. cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence†. intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping &c. v.; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark