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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "въздържам се"
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "dēsistō"
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "kāti"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "zaprzestać"
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
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"word": "возде́рживаться"
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
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"word": "припиняти"
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "ngừng"
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{
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "thôi"
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "nghỉ"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:desist",
"word": "surcease"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:desist",
"word": "terminate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "въздържам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spiram",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "спирам"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "停止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíngzhǐ",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "停止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "終止"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "终止"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přestat (s čím)"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ustat (v čem)"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "upustit (od čeho)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "lakata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "lopettaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "aufhören"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "eláll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "felhagy"
},
{
"alt": "やめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yameru",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "止める"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "dēsistō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "kāti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "whakakāti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "whakamutu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "zaprzestać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "desistir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozdérživatʹsja",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возде́рживаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozderžátʹsja",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "воздержа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prekraščátʹ",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прекраща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prekratítʹ",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прекрати́ть"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "upustiť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "zdržať sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "prestať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "desistir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "avstå"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "vazgeçmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utrymuvatysja",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "утримуватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prypynjaty",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "припиняти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perestavaty",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "переставати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "ngừng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "thôi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"note": "from doing something",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "nghỉ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "bỏ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"note": "e.g. alcohol",
"sense": "to cease to proceed or act",
"word": "chừa"
}
],
"word": "desist"
}
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