A state of inactivity or disuse.

Roget 624: relinquishment, abandonment; desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal; cave of Adullam^†; nolle prosequi [Lat.].    discontinuance etc. (cessation) 142; renunciation etc. (recantation) 607; abrogation etc. 756; resignation etc. (retirement) 757; desuetude etc. 614; cession etc. (of property) 782.    ... show more

Roget 678: forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment etc. 782; desuetude etc. (want of habit) 614; disusage^†.   

Roget 614: desuetude, disusage^†; obsolescence, disuse etc. 678; want of habit, want of practice; inusitation^†; newness to; new brooms.    infraction of usage etc. (unconformity) 83; nonprevalence^†; a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet]. ... show more

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