| Abuse |
| 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. |
| Abuse |
| Physical ill treatment; injury. |
| Abuse |
| A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as,
the abuses in the civil service. |
| Abuse |
| Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive
language; virulent condemnation; reviling. |
| Abuse |
| Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. |
| Abuseful |
| Full of abuse; abusive. |
| Abuser |
| One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb]. |
| Abusion |
| Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach;
deception; cheat. |
| Abusive |
| Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. |
| Abusive |
| Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. |
