| Main Entry: | desuetude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of not being in use |
Synonyms: |
disuse, inactivity |
| Concept: | Desuetude. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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-nouns
desuetude, disusage; obsolescence, disuse; want of habit, want of practice; inusitation; newness to; new brooms., infraction of usage (unconformity); nonprevalence; "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be unaccustomed; leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage, infringe a usage; disuse; wear off.
-adjectives
unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured, unhabituated, untrained; new; green (unskilled); unhackneyed., unusual (unconformable); nonobservant; disused.
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habit |
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| Main Entry: | discontinuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop, suspension of activity |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, desuetude, discontinuation, disjunction, disruption, ending, finish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping, termination |
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continuation, restarting, retry |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | completion, stop |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, target, termination, terminus, upshot, windup, wrap-up |
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beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | disuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of non-use |
Synonyms: |
desuetude, discontinuance, insuetude, inusitation, obsolescence, obsoleteness |
Antonyms: |
employment, use |
| Main Entry: | obsoleteness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsolescence |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, desuetude, disuse, neglect, nonuse, obsoletism |
| Main Entry: | stopping point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, end of the line, ending, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, period, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, stop, target, termination, terminus, upshot, wind-up, windup, wrap-up |
| Main Entry: | terminus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, end of the line, ending, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, period, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, stop, stopping point, target, termination, upshot, wind-up, windup, wrap-up |
| Notes: | a terminus is simply the end or conclusion of something, but a terminal is a structure or installation erected at a terminus |
| Concept: | End. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail (rear); verge (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard., consummation, denouement; finish (completion); fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination; death; end of all things; finality; eschatology., break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out, knock-out blow; sockdolager [U.S.].
-verbs
end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come to a close, draw to a close; have run its course; run out, pass away., bring to an end; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve (complete); stop (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.
-adjectives
ending; final, terminal, definitive; crowning (completing); last, ultimate; hindermost; rear; caudal; vergent., conterminate, conterminous, conterminable., ended; at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive., penultimate; last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.
-adverbs
finally; in fine; at the last; once for all.
-phrases
"as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Quintilian]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; finem respice; ultimus
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beginning |
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| Concept: | Disuse. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures |
Synonyms: |
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forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment; desuetude (want of habit); disusage.
-verbs
not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve; lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard (eject); dismiss, give warning., throw aside (relinquish); make away with (destroy); cast overboard , heave overboard , throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle (Render useless)., lie unemployed, remain unemployed.
-adjectives
not used; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled; uncalled for, not required., disused; done with.
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use |
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