disusancen.
/dɪsˈjuːzəns/ rare.
The fact of disusing; = disuse n. 1.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun]
disusage1475
disaccustomance1502
discustom1603
unaccustomedness1611
disaccustomedness1632
dissuetudea1639
desuetude1650
disusance1685
disuse1699
insuetude1828
unfashion1876
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 513 By disusance for ever to lose the commerce of the common life.
1880 H. C. Coote Eng. Gild Knights 15 Disusance, compulsory rather than voluntary, had extinguished them both.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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