| Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. Thesaurus Entries abandonment, absentation, abstention, abstinence, casting away, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, discontinuance, discontinuation, disuse, end, ending, evacuation, forsaking, jettison, jettisoning, leaving, nonemployment, nonprevalence, nonuse, obsolescence, obsoleteness, obsoletion, obsoletism, pensioning off, pulling out, retirement, superannuation, throwing overboard, unprevalence, withdrawal |