[[abuse]]

[[abuse]] ~(https://dictionary.apa.org/abuse) (2020). 1. n. interactions in which one person behaves in a cruel, violent, demeaning, or invasive manner toward another person or an animal. The term most commonly implies physical mistreatment but also encompasses sexual and psychological (emotional) mistreatment. 2. vb. to subject a person or animal to such treatment. 3. n. see substance abuse. 4. n. colloquially, the misuse of a substance to the extent that it causes the individual difficulty, whether or not it meets a formal diagnosis or substance abuse. —abuser n.