absist means to stand apart from; to leave off; to desist. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ABSIST — [Verb] To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist. From the Latin absistere ("to desist"), from ab ("from, away from") + sistere ("to stand, to cause to stand"). Unlike "desist," which implies a simple cessation of action, or "cease," which denotes a general stopping, to absist is to enact a deliberate withdrawal, a physical or moral standing off. It is the soldier lowering his rifle and turning from the line, the scholar closing his book and pushing back from a problem grown cold, or a hand lifted in final release from a grip—a quiet, spatial negation that carves a new and potent silence into the world.
verb
- To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.“1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World.
They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war.”