Home › Words › D › disusagedisusagedisusage means gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.EtymologyFrom dis- + usage.nounGradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.e.g.“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 the page):Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.disuse 75% match — The state of not being used; neglect. vs disusage →desuetude 73% match — The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence. vs disusage →nonusage 68% match — Absence of usage; failure to use. vs disusage →desuetudinous 63% match — Of or pertaining to desuetude; of a law or statute, no longer observed, practiced or enforced. vs disusage →disused 62% match — No longer in use. vs disusage →nonuse 62% match — The failure to make use of something. vs disusage →discontinuance 61% match — The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending. vs disusage →aband 60% match — To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. vs disusage →