(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert

The characteristic of being abuseful.

Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence. / Overused; used profligately or in excess. / (obsolete) Deluded, deceived.

simple past tense and past participle of abuse

present participle of abuse

plural of abuser

plural of abusion

Abuse. / (obsolete) A misleading.

plural of abusement

The state or condition of being abusable.