1. cease doing or providing (something), typically something provided on a regular basis: "the ferry service was discontinued by the proprietors"
▪ stop making (a particular product): "their current top-of-the-range running shoe is being discontinued"
▪ cease taking (a newspaper or periodical) or paying (a subscription).
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘interrupt, disrupt’): via Old French from medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- ‘not’ + continuare (see continue).
