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abuse
1. noun /əˈbjuːs,əˈbjus/
a) Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power.

b) Physical or verbal maltreatment; injury.

The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows.

Syn: invective, contumely, reproach, scurrility, insult, opprobrium
2. verb /əˈbjuːs,əˈbjus/
a) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse ones authority.

Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. - (1633-67)

b) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty.
Syn: maltreat, injure, revile, reproach, vilify, vituperate, asperse, traduce, malign
See Also: abusive, abusively, abusiveness

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