desist
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
choose not to consume
I abstain from alcohol
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ingest antonym
- abstinence derivation
- abstinent derivation
- abstainer derivation
- abstinent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | ingest |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstinence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstinent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstainer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstinent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teetotal |