reabuse

See also: re-abuse

English

Etymology

re- + abuse

Noun

reabuse (uncountable)

  1. Repeated abuse.
    • 2010, Ola W. Barnett, Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, Robin D. Perrin, Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction, page 608:
      Arrest, prosecution, and incarceration, nonetheless, did not prevent reabuse, and revictimizers were particularly prone to violating orders of protection (A. Klein et al., 2008).

Verb

reabuse (third-person singular simple present reabuses, present participle reabusing, simple past and past participle reabused)

  1. (transitive) To abuse again.
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