Abuse vs. Discipline
Abusenoun
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Abusenoun
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Abusenoun
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Abusenoun
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Abusenoun
Catachresis.
Abusenoun
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Abusenoun
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
Abuseverb
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
Abuseverb
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
Abuseverb
To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
Abuseverb
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
Abuseverb
To violate; defile; to rape.
Abuseverb
Misrepresent; adulterate.
Abuseverb
To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
Abuseverb
Disuse.
Abuseverb
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
Abuseverb
To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
Abuseverb
To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
Abuseverb
To dishonor.
Abuseverb
To violate; to ravish.
Abuseverb
To deceive; to impose on.
Abusenoun
Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
Abusenoun
Physical ill treatment; injury.
Abusenoun
A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
Abusenoun
Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
Abusenoun
Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
Abusenoun
cruel or inhumane treatment
Abusenoun
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;
Abusenoun
improper or excessive use
Abuseverb
treat badly;
Abuseverb
change the inherent purpose or function of something;
Abuseverb
use foul or abusive language towards;
Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other types of aggression.
Disciplinenoun
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
Disciplinenoun
An enforced compliance or control.
Disciplinenoun
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
Disciplinenoun
A state of order based on submission to authority.
Disciplinenoun
A punishment to train or maintain control.
Disciplinenoun
A whip used for self-flagellation.
Disciplinenoun
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
Disciplinenoun
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
Disciplinenoun
A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
Disciplinenoun
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
Disciplineverb
(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
Disciplineverb
(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
Disciplineverb
(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
Disciplineverb
(transitive) To impose order on someone.
Disciplinenoun
The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
Disciplinenoun
Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
Disciplinenoun
Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.
Disciplinenoun
Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
Disciplinenoun
Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Disciplinenoun
The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
Disciplinenoun
The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
Disciplinenoun
Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
Disciplinenoun
A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.
Disciplineverb
To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
Disciplineverb
To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.
Disciplineverb
To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Disciplineverb
To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
Disciplinenoun
a branch of knowledge;
Disciplinenoun
a system of rules of conduct or method of practice;
Disciplinenoun
the trait of being well behaved;
Disciplinenoun
training to improve strength or self-control
Disciplinenoun
the act of punishing;
Disciplineverb
train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;
Disciplineverb
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;
Discipline
Discipline is action or inaction that is regulated to be in accordance (or to achieve accord) with a particular system of governance. Discipline is commonly applied to regulating human and animal behavior to its society or environment it belongs.
