desisted
Meaning
of Desist
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
And the king abstains from (killing) living beings, and other men and those who (are) huntsmen and fishermen of the king have desisted from hunting.
He also attempted to demolish the palace and reuse its bricks for his own palace, but he desisted only when the undertaking proved too vast.
DENR sources said that the agency has desisted from taking on the task due to complaints that such maps tend to downgrade the value of land properties and thus, discourage investors.
Some sources quote that the Nazis considered using this original rat poison on Jewish prisoners in concentration camps but desisted because of danger to the guards.
But government so far has desisted from such methods, he added.
That said; I have ceased and desisted.