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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desuetude \Des"ue*tude\, n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere to
grow out of use disuse; de + suescere to become used or
accustomed: cf F. d['e]su['e]tude. See {Custom}.]
The cessation of use disuse; discontinuance of practice,
custom, or fashion.
The desuetude abrogated the law, which before custom
had established. --Jer. Taylor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
desuetude
n : a state of inactivity or disuse
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