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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for desuetude:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
desuetude
    n 1: a state of inactivity or disuse

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Desuetude \Des"ue*tude\, n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to
   grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or
   accustomed: cf. F. d['e]su['e]tude. See Custom.]
   The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice,
   custom, or fashion.
   [1913 Webster]

         The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom
         had established.                         --Jer. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DESUETUDE. This term is applied to laws which have become obsolete. (q.v.) 



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