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a⋅buse

  [v. uh-byooz; n. uh-byoos] verb, a⋅bused, a⋅bus⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
2. to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way: to abuse a horse; to abuse one's eyesight.
3. to speak insultingly, harshly, and unjustly to or about; revile; malign.
4. to commit sexual assault upon.
5. Obsolete. to deceive or mislead.
–noun
6. wrong or improper use; misuse: the abuse of privileges.
7. harshly or coarsely insulting language: The officer heaped abuse on his men.
8. bad or improper treatment; maltreatment: The child was subjected to cruel abuse.
9. a corrupt or improper practice or custom: the abuses of a totalitarian regime.
10. rape or sexual assault.
11. Obsolete. deception.
—Idiom
12. abuse oneself, to masturbate.
Origin:
1400–50; (v.) late ME abusen < MF abuser, v. deriv. of abus < L abūsus misuse, wasting, equiv. to abūt(ī) to use up, misuse (ab- ab- + ūtī to use ) + -tus suffix of v. action; (n.) late ME abus < MF abus or L abūsus

Related forms:
a⋅bus⋅a⋅ble  [uh-byoo-zuh-buhl] , adjective
a⋅bus⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. misapply. 2. ill-use, maltreat, injure, harm, hurt. 3. vilify, vituperate, berate, scold; slander, defame, calumniate, traduce. 6. misapplication. 7. slander, aspersion. Abuse, censure, invective all mean strongly expressed disapproval. Abuse implies an outburst of harsh and scathing words against another (often one who is defenseless): abuse directed against an opponent. Censure implies blame, adverse criticism, or hostile condemnation: severe censure of acts showing bad judgment. Invective applies to strong but formal denunciation in speech or print, often in the public interest: invective against graft.

Antonyms:
3, 7. praise.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 2abuse
Pronunciation: &-'byüs
Function: noun
1 : improper, unfair, or excessive use <abuse of authority> abuse>
2 a : the infliction of physical or emotional injury; also : the crime of inflicting such injury —see also BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME, BATTERED WOMAN'S SYNDROME —compare CRUELTY, NEGLECT b : SEXUAL ABUSE
3 : a verbal attack (as on a police officer in the performance of his or her duty); also : the crime of making such an attack
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2abuse
Pronunciation: &-'byüz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: abused; abus·ing
1 : to put to a wrong or improper use <abuse drugs>
2 : to treat so as to injure or damage <abuse a child>
3 a : MASTURBATE b : to subject to abuse and especially to rape or indecent assault —abus·able /-'byü-z&-b&l/ adjective —abus·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

abuse a·buse (ə-by&oomacr;z')
v. a·bused, a·bus·ing, a·bus·es

  1. To use wrongly or improperly; misuse.

  2. To hurt or injure physically by maltreatment.

  3. To assail with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile.

n. (ə-by&oomacr;s')

  1. Improper use or handling, as of a drug; misuse.

  2. Physical maltreatment, as of a spouse or child.

  3. Insulting or coarse language.

a·bus'er n.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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