disusage

Gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.

Noun

  1. Gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.
    • leaving the rest to be abolished by disusage through tract of time - [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify...

    Synonyms: desuetude obsoletion unuse disusage disuse inusitation obsolescence obsoleteness superannuation

Origin

From dis- + usage.