Meaning

• 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."

• Misuse; improper use; perversion.

• A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.

• Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

• Catachresis.

• Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.

• Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.