Definition of abuse

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Abuse (v. t.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child..

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Misusage :: Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse.
Reviling :: Reviling (n.) Reproach; abuse; vilification.
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties..
Abusable :: Abusable (a.) That may be abused.
Corrector :: Corrector (n.) One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids..
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..
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Physical ill treatment; injury.
Malign :: Malign (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
Revilement :: Revilement (n.) The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse..
Inveterate :: Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse..
Blasphemy :: Blasphemy (n.) Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification..
Jaw :: Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..
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..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..
Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority..
Abused :: Abused (imp. & p. p.) of Abus.
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