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Definition of abuse:

(n) : Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion; Physical maltreatment; injury
"liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. - Madison"
(v) : to put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse one's authority; to injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty
"this principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. - Froude"
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website design charlotte.
Definition of abuse:

(n) : Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion; Physical maltreatment; injury
"liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. - Madison"
(v) : to put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse one's authority; to injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty
"this principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. - Froude"

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