disuse
disuse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.
- 2.Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. Addison. Church discipline then fell into disuse. Southey.
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
- apart
- argument
- aside
- avast
- away
- back
- behind
- bid
- breach
- break
- cast
- cave
- cease
- cede
- cessation
- cession
- course
- culls
- custom
- day
- deed
- defection
- depart
- derelict
- dereliction
- desert
- desertion
- desist
- destroy
- desuetude
- disburden
- discard
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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