cease and desist
Verb
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Verb
- (legal) To stop and not resume an action.
- We are told to cease and desist or we will cease to exist.
- French: cessez et renoncez
- German: hören Sie auf und verzichten Sie
- Italian: cessi e cessi
- Portuguese: cessar
- Russian: прекрати́те и воздержи́тесь
- Spanish: cese y renuncie
cease and desist
- (legal, mostly, attributive) A demanding that one cease and desist from continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.
- a cease-and-desist letter; a cease-and-desist order
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