abuses

/ษ™หˆbjuหsษชz/
noun
  1. 1

    Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

    โ€œAll abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.โ€

    syn:misuse
  2. 2

    Misuse; improper use; perversion.

  3. 3

    A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.

  4. 4

    Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

  5. 5

    Catachresis.

    syn:abusio
  6. 6

    Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.

  7. 7

    Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.

verb
  1. 1

    To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert

    โ€œHe abused his authority.โ€

  2. 2

    To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.

  3. 3

    To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.

  4. 4

    To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.

  5. 5

    To violate; defile; to rape.

  6. 6

    Misrepresent; adulterate.

  7. 7

    To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.

  8. 8

    Disuse.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abuse, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abuses