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Etymology
Cease essentially meaning "stop", and desist meaning "do not do it again."

Idiom
cease and desist

1. law The legal term used in demands for an entity to permanently stop doing something (or to cease and desist from doing it).

Translations
Chinese: �止��止 (tingzhi huo tingzhi)
Dutch: houd op en doe van afstand
French: cessez et renoncez
German: hören Sie auf und verzichten Sie
Greek: �α��ε και ��αμα�ή��ε (papste kai stamatéste)
Italian: cessi e cessi
Japanese: ���止���� (oe, tomenasai)
Korean: ���고 ������
Latin: desine et desiste singular, desinete et desistete plural
Spanish: cese y renuncia

Adjective
cease-and-desist

1. law Demanding that one "ceases and desists from" continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.

#:Cease-and-desist letter

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