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ABUSE
–verb (used with object) 1. to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority. 2. to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way: to abuse a horse; to abuse one's eyesight. 3. to speak insultingly, harshly, and unjustly to or about; revile; malign. 4. to commit sexual assault upon. 5. Obsolete. to deceive or mislead. –noun 6. wrong or improper use; misuse: the abuse of privileges. 7. harshly or coarsely insulting language: The officer heaped abuse on his men. 8. bad or improper treatment; maltreatment: The child was subjected to cruel abuse. 9. a corrupt or improper practice or custom: the abuses of a totalitarian regime. 10. rape or sexual assault. 11. Obsolete. deception. Synonyms: Antonyms: recovery –noun 1. an act of recovering. 2. the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away. 3. restoration or return to health from sickness. 4. restoration or return to any former and better state or condition. 5. time required for recovering. 6. something that is gained in recovering. 7. an improvement in the economy marking the end of a recession or decline. 8. the regaining of substances in usable form, as from refuse material or waste products. 9. Law. the obtaining of right to something by verdict or judgment of a court of law.Related Words for : recovery convalescence, recuperation, retrieval |
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