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abusion

/əˈbjuː.ʒn̩/US/əˈbju.ʒn̩/

abusion noun: misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.

Noun

abusion (countable and uncountable, plural abusions)

  1. (Early, Modern, obsolete) Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
  2. (Early, Modern, obsolete) Deceit; abuse of the truth.
    • Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion
      In realmes, in cities, by ſuche fals abuſion;
      Of fals fickil tunges ſuche cloked colluſionc. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
    • […] by those vgly formes weren pourtrayd, / Foolish delights and fond abusions, / Which do that sence besiege with light illusions.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. (Early, Modern, obsolete, rhetoric) Catachresis.

abusion meaning in Bengali

abusion in Bengali

অপব্যবহার, ভুল প্রয়োগ

Forms of abusion

pluralabusions

Origin of abusion

From Middle English abusioun, from Old French abusion, from Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), from abūtor (“misuse”). Doublet of abusio.

Words that rhyme with abusion

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Questions about abusion

What does abusion mean?
Abusion means misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
What is abusion in Bengali?
Abusion in Bengali is অপব্যবহার, ভুল প্রয়োগ. See Abusion meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is abusion?
Abusion is a noun.
How do you pronounce abusion?
Abusion is pronounced /əˈbjuː.ʒn̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of abusion?
The plural of abusion is abusions.

Words near abusion in the dictionary

  1. abuseth
  2. Abushanab
  3. abusing
  4. abusingly
  5. abusio
  6. abusion
  7. abusions
  8. abusious
  9. abusive
  10. abusively
  11. abusiveness

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