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sexual abuses

sexual abuses is the plural of sexual abuse.

Meaning of sexual abuse

Noun

sexual abuse (usually uncountable, plural sexual abuses)

  1. (usually, crime) Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced on them nonetheless, especially when considered to be more sustained or frequent than an incident of sexual assault.
    • Statutory-rape laws concerning voluntary intercourse would probably be taken off the books, though both young boys and young girls could still be protected against any sexual abuse by older persons.1971 October 4, ‘Facing Equality for Women’, Time

Questions about sexual abuses

What is sexual abuses the plural of?
Sexual abuses is the plural of sexual abuse.

Words near sexual abuses in the dictionary

  1. sextupoles
  2. sextych
  3. sextychs
  4. sexual
  5. sexual abuse
  6. sexual abuses
  7. sexual act
  8. sexual acts
  9. sexual anorexia
  10. sexual anorexic
  11. sexual anorexics

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