Roget's Thesaurus

#614. Desuetude

Nouns

desuetude, disusage; obsolescence, disuse etc. 678; want of habit, want of practice; inusitation; newness to; new brooms. infraction of usage etc. (unconformity) 83; nonprevalence; a custom more honored in the breach than the observance [Hamlet].

Verbs

be unaccustomed etc. adj.; 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 etc. 678; wear off.

Adjectives

unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured, unhabituated, untrained; new; green etc. (unskilled) 699; unhackneyed. unusual etc. (unconformable) 83; nonobservant; disused etc. 678.