| n. | 1. | The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. |
| Noun | 1. | desuetude - a state of inactivity or disuse |
DESUETUDE. This term is applied to laws which have become obsolete. (q.v.)
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