disuse

Roget category 678

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.3. Precursory measures

#678. Disuse

noun

forbearance, abstinence — disuse — relinquishment etc. 782 — desuetude etc. (want of habit) 614 — disusage^†.

verb

not use — do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect — keep back, reserve.
lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary — lay up in a napkin — shelve — set aside, put aside, lay aside — disuse, leave off, have done with — supersede — discard etc. (eject) 297 — dismiss, give warning.
throw aside etc. (relinquish) 782 — make away with etc. (destroy) 162 — cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard — cast to the dogs, cast to the winds — dismantle etc. (Render useless) 645.
lie unemployed, remain unemployed etc. adj.

adjective

not used etc. v. — unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed^†, ungathered^†, unculled — uncalled for, not required.
disused etc. v. — done with.

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