desuetude

Roget category 614

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#614. Desuetude

noun

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].

verb

be unaccustomed etc. adj. — leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage, infringe a usage — disuse etc. 678 — wear off.

adjective

unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured^†, unhabituated^†, untrained — new — green etc. (unskilled) 699 — unhackneyed.
unusual etc. (unconformable) 83 — nonobservant^† — disused etc. 678.

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