Definition of Desistances

1. desistance [n] - See also: desistance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desistances

desirements
desirer
desirers
desires
desirest
desireth
desiring
desirings
desirive
desirous
desirously
desirousness
desirousnesses
desist
desistance
desistances (current term)
desisted
desisting
desistive
desists
desition
desitions
desitive
desitives
desk
desk-bound
desk clerk
desk dictionary
desk job
desk jockey

Literary usage of Desistances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Data of Ethics by Herbert Spencer (1902)
"... made possible by institutions maintaining order, and associating in men's minds the sense of obligation with prescribed acts and with desistances from ..."

2. Works by Herbert Spencer (1902)
"... with desistances from forbidden acts, there arose opportunities for seeing the bad consequences naturally flowing from the conduct interdicted and the ..."

3. Le Lycée armoricain (1826)
"Voie! desistances, où il dépeint .le sentiment qu'il avait-éprouvé. j „i,,, . AM#ne. • . . -^' • « Lorsque , jeune montagnard , j'errais sur la sombre ..."

4. The Principles of Ethics by Herbert Spencer (1904)
"... made possible by institutions maintaining order, and associating in men's minds the sense of obligation with prescribed acts and with desistances from ..."

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