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Abuses

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misusenounAn incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
ill-treatmentnounbad, unkind or abusive treatment
ill-treatverbTo treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat.
ill-usagenounbad, cruel or unkind treatment
ill-usenounBad, cruel or unkind treatment.
revilementnounThe act of reviling.
maltreatverbTo treat badly, to abuse.
mistreatverb(transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
maltreatmentnounCruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
insultnoun(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
pervertnounA person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
contumelynounOffensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
shoutnounA loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.
clapperclawverb(obsolete) To fight and scratch.
blackguardnoun(dated, chiefly of men) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
aberrationsnounThe act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
abnormalitiesnounSomething abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
abusersnounOne who abuses someone or something.
abusiveBeing physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
actsnoun(biblical) Clipping of Acts of the Apostles. [(biblical) The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.]

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