'Disuse' definitions:
Definition of 'disuse'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect, disuse]
Definition of 'Disuse'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Disuse'
From: GCIDE
- Disuse \Dis*use"\, n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. [1913 Webster]
- The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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