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desistance synonyms

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  • discontinuation
  • dormancy
  • inactivity
  • intermission
  • latency
  • postponement
  • quiescence
  • recess
  • remission
  • suspension
  • temporarily deferred
  • accommodation
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • booby trap
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • collar
  • commitment
  • confinement
  • breach
  • cleft
  • crack
  • discontinuity
  • disjunction
  • division
  • fracture
  • gap
  • gash
  • hole
  • rent
  • abeyance
  • arrest
  • break
  • breather
  • cease
  • ceasing
  • close
  • conclusion
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • discontinuance
  • break
  • lull
  • pause
  • recess
  • respite
  • back off
  • break off
  • bring to an end
  • call it a day
  • call it quits
  • close
  • close out
  • come to an end
  • culminate
  • cut it out
  • desist
  • abutting
  • across the street
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • approaching
  • around the corner
  • at hand
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • give or take a little
  • handy
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • closure
  • completion
  • consequence
  • culmination
  • denouement
  • desistance
  • development
  • end of the line
  • cessation
  • check
  • discontinuance
  • discontinuation
  • halt
  • stoppage
  • termination
  • adjournment
  • alternation
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • closing
  • desistance
  • desuetude
  • discontinuation
  • disjunction
  • disruption
  • break
  • breathing spell
  • free time
  • freedom
  • halt
  • interim
  • interlude
  • intermission
  • letup
  • lull
  • pause
  • borderline
  • bound
  • boundary
  • butt end
  • confine
  • cusp
  • deadline
  • edge
  • extent
  • extremity
  • foot
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acquirement
  • acquisition
  • annihilation
  • attainment
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • closing
  • culmination
  • benumb
  • bite
  • chill
  • chill to the bone
  • congeal
  • frost
  • glaciate
  • harden
  • ice over
  • ice up
  • nip
  • abeyance
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • breather
  • cease
  • ceasing
  • close
  • conclusion
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • close
  • cutoff
  • freeze
  • grinding halt
  • impasse
  • interruption
  • layoff
  • letup
  • awkward
  • bumbling
  • claudicant
  • clumsy
  • doubtful
  • faltering
  • gauche
  • imperfect
  • indecisive
  • inept
  • irresolute
  • aperture
  • blank
  • breach
  • break
  • chasm
  • discontinuity
  • gap
  • interim
  • interval
  • lacuna
  • lapse
  • abeyance
  • abeyancy
  • break-off
  • breather
  • breathing spell
  • cessation
  • doldrums
  • dormancy
  • downtime
  • interim
  • interlude
  • abeyance
  • abeyancy
  • arrest
  • blackout
  • breach
  • break-off
  • cessation
  • check
  • cutoff
  • delay
  • disconnection
  • breach
  • breathing space
  • comma
  • delay
  • distance
  • downtime
  • five
  • gap
  • hiatus
  • interim
  • interlude
  • cutback
  • discharge
  • early retirement
  • respite
  • unemployment
  • abatement
  • break
  • cessation
  • interval
  • lapse
  • lessening
  • lull
  • recess
  • remission
  • respite
  • slackening
  • abeyance
  • break
  • break-off
  • breathing space
  • breathing spell
  • caesura
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • comma
  • cutoff
  • deadlock
  • alcove
  • ambush
  • angle
  • apse
  • bay
  • break
  • carrel
  • cavity
  • cell
  • closet
  • cove
  • absolution
  • amnesty
  • discharge
  • excuse
  • exemption
  • exoneration
  • forgiveness
  • indulgence
  • mercy
  • release
  • reprieve
  • acquittal
  • adjournment
  • break
  • breath
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • deadlock
  • deferment
  • delay
  • break
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • calm
  • calmness
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • comfort
  • composure
  • cutoff
  • downtime
  • abeyance
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • breather
  • cease
  • ceasing
  • close
  • conclusion
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • arrest
  • cessation
  • check
  • checkmate
  • corner
  • dead end
  • dead stop
  • deadlock
  • delay
  • gridlock
  • halt
  • break
  • halt
  • holiday
  • sojourn
  • stop
  • stopover
  • vacation
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • abeyance
  • arrest
  • blockage
  • check
  • close
  • closure
  • cutoff
  • deduction
  • discontinuance
  • down
  • downtime
  • abeyance
  • abeyancy
  • adjournment
  • break
  • breather
  • breathing spell
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • concluding
  • conclusion
  • cutoff
  • abortion
  • ballgame
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • completion
  • conclusion
  • consequence
  • curtains
  • cut-off
  • desistance
  • break
  • breathing spell
  • day off
  • downtime
  • furlough
  • holiday
  • leave of absence
  • liberty
  • mental health day
  • pause
  • recess
  • break
  • breather
  • breathing spell
  • halt
  • interlude
  • intermission
  • letup
  • lull
  • pause
  • recess
  • rest

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