"abusion" meaning in English

See abusion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈbjuː.ʒn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbju.ʒn̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abusion.wav Forms: abusions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʒən Etymology: From Middle English abusioun, from Old French abusion, from Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), from abūtor (“misuse”). Doublet of abusio. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abusioun}} Middle English abusioun, {{der|en|fro|abusion}} Old French abusion, {{der|en|la|abūsiō||abuse, misuse}} Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), {{doublet|en|abusio}} Doublet of abusio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abusion (countable and uncountable, plural abusions), {{tlb|en|chiefly|EME}} (chiefly Early Modern)
  1. (obsolete) Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse. Tags: Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abusion-en-noun-9qZjcpBU Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Early Modern English: 94 1 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 2 16 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 81 2 14 1 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 3 9 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 2 6 2 2 2
  2. (obsolete) Deceit; abuse of the truth. Tags: Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abusion-en-noun-xmhC~l44
  3. (obsolete, rhetoric) Catachresis. Tags: Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-abusion-en-noun--KYQqPLC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: abuse

Inflected forms

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