Definition of abuse

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Abuse (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language..

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Blaspheme :: Blaspheme (v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse..
Miscall :: Miscall (v. t.) To call by a bad name; to abuse.
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; delusion.
Abuseful :: Abuseful (a.) Full of abuse; abusive.
Reformation :: Reformation (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses..
Broadside :: Broadside (n.) A volley of abuse or denunciation.
Abusable :: Abusable (a.) That may be abused.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Misusage :: Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse.
Extravagant :: Extravagant (a.) Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse..
Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..
Reviling :: Reviling (n.) Reproach; abuse; vilification.
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Rectify :: Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders..
Scurrility :: Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to..
Blasphemy :: Blasphemy (n.) Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification..
Misuse :: Misuse (v. t.) To abuse; to treat ill.
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
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