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ill-usage

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ill-us·age (lysj, -zj)
n.
Bad treatment; ill-use.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ill-usageill-usage - cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse"
abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment
mistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"
child abuse - the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children
child neglect - failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child
persecution - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
cruelty, inhuman treatment - a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering


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No one except these despised God's folk who, wallet on back, come to me by the back door, afraid of being seen by the prince, not for fear of ill-usage by him but for fear of causing him to sin.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
During the whole of this time, and when the poor creature often bore about her marks of ill-usage and violence which she could not wholly conceal, she was a constant attendant at our little church.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
But, by that time, in consequence of fatigue, privations, ill-usage, the inclemencies of the weather, and the unhealthiness of the country, only eleven persons remained alive of the forty Europeans in the party.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
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