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Abusage

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abusionnoun(obsolete) Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
abusementnounAbuse.
abusenounImproper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
misusagenounImproper usage (especially of words).
misusenounAn incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
re-abuseverbTo abuse again.
reabusenounRepeated abuse.
misutilizationnounmisuse
aberrancynounThe condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
abusionoun(rhetoric) Catachresis.
mishandleverb(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
misapplicationnounThe misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.
drug abusenounMisuse of, or overindulgence in, drugs; substance abuse.
aberrationnounThe act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
useagenounMisspelling of usage. [Habit, practice.]
anomalynounA deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
abuse of discretionnoun(law) The rendering of a decision by a court that is so unreasonable in light of the facts of the case or is such an unreasonable deviation from legal precedent that it must be reversed.
wastagenoun(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
sexual abusenoun(crime) Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced on them nonetheless, especially when considered to be more sustained or frequent than an incident of sexual assault.

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