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The correct spelling is abuses.
How to pronounce abuses
/əˈbjuːsɪz/
nounIPA: /əˈbjuːsɪz/
Say it like: Abu-ses
The correct spelling is abuses. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. For example: "All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad."
Usage Examples
“All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.”
“He abused his authority.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- 2.Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- 3.A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
- 4.Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
- 5.Catachresis.
verb
- 1.To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- 2.To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- 3.To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
- 4.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.
- 5.To violate; defile; to rape.
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