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The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.

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  1. n. The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
  2. n. a state of inactivity or disuse
  3. The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.
  4. The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice,custom, or fashion.The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom hadestablished. Jer. Taylor.
  5. n:100 n. a state of inactivity or disuse