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Desistance — De*sist ance, n. [Cf. F. desistance.] The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle. [1913 Webster] If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
desistance — index abandonment (discontinuance), abeyance, cessation (interlude), cloture, desuetude, discontinuance (act of discontinuing) … Law dictionary
desistance — noun see desist … New Collegiate Dictionary
desistance — n. end, act of stopping, ceasing … English contemporary dictionary
desistance — de·sis·tance … English syllables
desistance — … Useful english dictionary
desist — desistance, desistence, n. /di zist , sist /, v.i. to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop. [1425 75; late ME < OF desister < L desistere to leave off, equiv. to de DE + sistere to stand, place, akin to stare to STAND] * * * … Universalium
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Lacoue — Philippe Lacoue Labarthe Philippe Lacoue Labarthe, né le 6 mars 1940 à Tours et mort le 28 janvier 2007 à Paris est un critique, philosophe, écrivain français. Il était un spécialiste de la pensée de Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida ou encore… … Wikipédia en Français
Lacoue-Labarthe — Philippe Lacoue Labarthe Philippe Lacoue Labarthe, né le 6 mars 1940 à Tours et mort le 28 janvier 2007 à Paris est un critique, philosophe, écrivain français. Il était un spécialiste de la pensée de Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida ou encore… … Wikipédia en Français
