desuetude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of inactivity or disuse

WordNet

Des"ue*tude noun
Etymology
L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude. See Custom.
Definitions
  1. The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
    The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913