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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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Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties..

Visit :: Visit (v. t.) To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge..

Abusage :: Abusage (n.) Abuse.

Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

Maltreat :: Maltreat (v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.

Misimprove :: Misimprove (v. t.) To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc..

Abusion :: Abusion (v. t.) Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like..

Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.

Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

Blackguard :: Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

Revilement :: Revilement (n.) The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse..

Insulting :: Insulting (a.) Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc..

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him..

Disabused :: Disabused (imp. & p. p.) of Disabus.

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Scurrilous :: Scurrilous (a.) Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language..

Vilification :: Vilification (n.) The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.

Mistreat :: Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.

Extravagant :: Extravagant (a.) Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse..