desuetude
desuetude is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- abjure
- abrogation
- abstain
- abstinence
- all
- alone
- argument
- aside
- avast
- away
- back
- bid
- breach
- break
- cast
- cave
- cease
- cessation
- cession
- custom
- day
- defection
- depart
- desert
- desertion
- desist
- destroy
- discard
- discontinuance
- dismantle
- dismiss
- dispense
- disusage
- disuse
- done
- drop
- eject
- farewell
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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