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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abandonment, abjure, absentation, antiquation, casting away, cessation, come off, cut out, desist, desuetude, discontinue, drop, evacuation, fogyishness, forsaking, give over, give up, have done with, jettison, jettisoning, leave off, leaving, let go, nol-pros, not pursue with, old-fashionedness, old-fogyishness, out-of-dateness, pulling out, put behind one, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, staleness, stodginess, stop, stuffiness, superannuation, throwing overboard, unfashionableness, waive, withdrawal
Dictionary Results for disuse:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disuse
    n 1: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
         "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn:
         neglect, disuse]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disuse \Dis*use"\ (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Disused; p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.]
   1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
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   2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
      "Disuse me from . . . pain." --Donne.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disuse \Dis*use"\, n.
   Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation;
   desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
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         The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy.
                                                  --Addison.
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         Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey.
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