Definition of abuse

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

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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..
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..
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
Tirade :: Tirade (n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..
Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To deceive; to impose on.
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Blackguard :: Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
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..
Abuse :: 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..
Outrage :: Outrage (n.) Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
Mistreat :: Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.
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..
Abusable :: Abusable (a.) That may be abused.
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..
Syllabi :: Syllabuses (pl. ) of Syllabu.
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses..
Abusion :: Abusion (v. t.) Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.
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