Abusement vs. Abuse: What's the Difference?
Abusement and Abuse Definitions
Abusement
Abuse.
Abuse
To use improperly or excessively; misuse
Abuse alcohol.
Abuse a privilege.
Abusement
(obsolete) A misleading.
Abuse
To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use
Animals that were abused by a negligent owner.
Abuse
To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.
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Abuse
To assail with insulting or hurtful words; revile.
Abuse
(Obsolete) To deceive or trick.
Abuse
Improper or excessive use; misuse
Abuse of authority.
Drug abuse.
Abuse
Rough treatment or use
Shoes that have taken a lot of abuse.
Abuse
Physical maltreatment or violence
Spousal abuse.
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Abuse
Sexual abuse.
Abuse
Insulting or hurtful language, especially when used to threaten or demoralize
Subjected her subordinates to verbal abuse.
Abuse
An unjust or wrongful practice
A government that commits abuses against its citizens.
Abuse
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.
Human rights abuses.
Abuse
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Abuse
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Abuse
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Abuse
Catachresis.
Abuse
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Abuse
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
Abuse
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
He abused his authority.
Abuse
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
Abuse
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
Abuse
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
Abuse
To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
Abuse
Misrepresent; adulterate.
Abuse
To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
Abuse
Disuse.
Abuse
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
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Abuse
To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
Abuse
To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
The . . . tellers of news abused the general.
Abuse
To dishonor.
Abuse
To violate; to ravish.
Abuse
To deceive; to impose on.
Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object.
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.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power.
Abuse
Physical ill treatment; injury.
Abuse
A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
Abuse after disappeared without a struggle..
Abuse
Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows.
Abuse
Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
Or is it some abuse, and no such thing?
Abuse
Cruel or inhumane treatment
Abuse
A rude expression intended to offend or hurt;
When a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
They yelled insults at the visiting team
Abuse
Improper or excessive use
Abuse
Treat badly;
This boss abuses his workers
She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Abuse
Change the inherent purpose or function of something;
Don't abuse the system
The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
Abuse
Use foul or abusive language towards;
The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket
The angry mother shouted at the teacher
