This article is about the ethics-related issue of abuse. For the computer game, see Abuse (computer game). For a similar word (e.g. a make of padlocks), see Abus.

Abuse is a general term for the use or treatment of something (person, thing, idea, etc.) that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person or thing, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) or is unlawful or wrongful. Its close synonyms are mistreatment and maltreatment. The word "misuse" has a more distant meaning of incorrect, uneducated use, not necessary harmful.

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Wow! A Christmas story just told to me --of abuse and violence, of courage and compassion, of derision and shame, of real people, real lives
ArthurFink (Arthur Fink) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:31:56 -0000
Wow! A Christmas story just told to me --of abuse and violence, of courage and compassion, of derision and shame, of real people, real lives
problems without violence and verbal abuse. The one rule i was always told to follow , and it is not easy to follow was and is:
zoogirltoo (cynthia harris) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:08:01 -0000
problems without violence and verbal abuse. The one rule i was always told to follow , and it is not easy to follow was and is:
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