desuetude

/ˈdɛswɪtjuːd/noun
High School
1

The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.

2

Chiefly followed by from or of: a cessation of practising or using something.

#obsolete

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