cease and desist
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cease and desist
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From cease (“stop”), and desist (“to not do again”). The noun sense can be viewed synchronically as an ellipsis of cease-and-desist order.
verb ceases and desists · ceasing and desisting · ceased and desisted
- To stop and not resume an action. We are told to cease and desist or we will cease to exist.
noun cease-and-desist
- A written demand that a party stops and does not resume a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, slander, or libel, threatening legal action if the recipient fails to do so. She received a cease-and-desist from his solicitors soon after the podcast.
- An order by a government agency, sanctioned by a court, that one must stop and not resume a certain (usually illegal) behavior. His remarks did not stop the courts from issuing the cease-and-desist order.
Translations
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verb stop and not resume an action
| Español | cesar y renunciar / desistir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지하고 단념하십시요 ji-hago dannyeom-hasipsiyo |
| 日本語 | 停止及び再発阻止 teishi, oyobi, saihatsu soshi |
| 中文 | 結束和停止 /结束和停止 jiéshù hé tíngzhǐ |
| Português | cessar |
| Français | cessez et renoncez |
| Deutsch | hören Sie auf und verzichten Sie |
| Italiano | diffida |
| Ελληνικά | πάψτε και σταματήστε pápste kai stamatíste |
| Русский | прекрати́те и воздержи́тесь prekratíte i vozderžítesʹ |
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title = {cease and desist},
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