Desuetude \Des"ue*tude\, n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to
grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or
accustomed: cf. F. d['e]su['e]tude. See Custom.]
The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice,
custom, or fashion.
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The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom
had established. --Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
desuetude
n : a state of inactivity or disuse
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "desuetude":
abandonment, absentation, abstention, abstinence, casting away,
cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion,
discontinuance, discontinuation, disuse, end, ending, evacuation,
forsaking, jettison, jettisoning, leaving, nonemployment,
nonprevalence, nonuse, obsolescence, obsoleteness, obsoletion,
obsoletism, pensioning off, pulling out, retirement,
superannuation, throwing overboard, unprevalence, withdrawal
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
DESUETUDE. This term is applied to laws which have become obsolete. (q.v.)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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