disuse

disuse
    n 1: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
         "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn:
         {neglect}, {disuse}]
    

Disuse \Dis*use"\, n.
   Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation;
   desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
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         The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy.
                                                  --Addison.
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         Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey.
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Disuse \Dis*use"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Disused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disusing}.]
   1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
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   2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
      "Disuse me from . . . pain." --Donne.
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43 Moby Thesaurus words for "disuse":
      abandonment, abjure, absentation, antiquation, casting away,
      cessation, come off, cut out, desist, desuetude, discontinue, drop,
      evacuation, fogyishness, forsaking, give over, give up,
      have done with, jettison, jettisoning, leave off, leaving, let go,
      nol-pros, not pursue with, old-fashionedness, old-fogyishness,
      out-of-dateness, pulling out, put behind one, quit, relinquish,
      renounce, resign, staleness, stodginess, stop, stuffiness,
      superannuation, throwing overboard, unfashionableness, waive,
      withdrawal