desist

/di-ˈsist/

Middle English desisten, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French desister, desistier, borrowed from Latin dēsistere "to leave off, cease," from dē- de-sistere "to cause to stand, assume a standing position, place, check, halt"

verb

  1. to cease to proceed or act

a court order to desist from selling the product

stop cease quit discontinue desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness. cease applies to states, conditions, or existence and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality.

noun

  1. an order from an administrative agency to refrain from a method of competition or a labor practice found by the agency to be unfair

idiom

  1. to stop (doing something) immediately

The company was ordered by the court to cease and desist from selling the photographs.