dĭs-yo͝os'
The legal abolition and prohibition of slavery.
A bringing or coming to an end; a ceasing:
The act or an instance of discontinuing or the condition of being discontinued; cessation.
Disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)
The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
The definition of an intermission is a brief pause during two periods of activity.
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The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
The quality of being forbearing; self-control; patient restraint
(Business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
The act of relinquishing something.
Decay is defined as rotted matter or the state of rotting, deteriorating or declining.
The act or an instance of neglecting something:
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(Countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
desertedness
The state or quality of being deserted.
use (antonym)
A habitual practice, such as drug use.
continuance (antonym)
The act or process of continuing, or lasting
continuation (antonym)
A part or thing added to make something reach further or last longer; extension, supplement, sequel, etc.
production (antonym)
Production is the process of making, harvesting or creating something or the amount of something that was made or harvested.
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usefulness (antonym)
employment (antonym)
The definition of employment is the number or percentage of people who have jobs.
idleness (related)
omission (related)
The act or an instance of omitting.
insuetude
(Archaic) The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of habit.
A process or condition of becoming useless or obsolete.
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used (related)
The quality or state of being obsolete
out-of-dateness
unfashionableness
The state or condition of being unfashionable.
disrepair (related)
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1840-s (related)
abeyance (related)
Lack or absence of action.
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.]
Find another word for disuse. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for disuse, like: abolition, cessation, discontinuance, desuetude, nonobservance, discarding, intermission, interruption, abrogation, forbearance and abstinence.
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