cease and desist
verbEtymology
From cease (“stop”), and desist (“to not do again”). The noun sense can be viewed synchronically as an ellipsis of cease-and-desist order.
Definitions
To stop and not resume an action.
- We are told to cease and desist or we will cease to exist.
A written demand that a party stops and does not resume a certain behavior, such as…
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…
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.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA