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desistance

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[dih-sis-tuhns, -zis-]

noun

  1. the act or process of ceasing, especially from a criminal or antisocial behavior.

    Substance abuse has been found to hinder desistance in young adults' aggressive behavior.



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Other Word Forms

  • nondesistance noun
  • nondesistence noun
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Desistance means when someone stops identifying as transgender and pursuing medical transition.

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Voting is “part of a package of pro-social behavior that is linked to desistance from crime.”

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We need people excited about comedians sticking it to dumbstruck conservative attorneys general who can’t even name the medical organization she’s attributing her completely made-up, bogus desistance statistic to.

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Rather, they use the threat of certain but nonsevere punishments to encourage people to find their own paths to desistance.

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The idea that many trans kids will grow out of it is referred to in research as desistance.

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