To leave off; to cause to cease, as a practice or habit; to stop; to put an end to; as, to discontinue the intemperate use of spirits. Inveterate customs are not discontinued without inconvenience. The depredations on our commerce were not to be discontinued.

To break off; to interrupt.

To cease to take or receive; as, to discontinue a daily prayer.

To cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long enjoyed right. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jeremiah 17:4.

To lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance.