1) Abandonment 2) Abstinence 3) Cause of atrophy 4) Cessation of practice 5) Declination 6) Decline 7) Desuetude 8) Disusage 9) Fate of some old ways 10) Forbearance 11) French word used in English 12) Neglect 13) Nonemployment 14) Obsolescence 15) Relinquishment 16) Something to fall into 17) Toy fate
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1) Desuetude
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• (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. • (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. • (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
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Dis·use' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disused ;
present participle & verbal noun Disusing .]
1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
2. To disaccustom; -- with
to or
from ; as...
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Dis·use' noun 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.
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