Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
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.
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
The degree of importance given to something.
The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
The relative duration of a musical note.
That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
Precise meaning; import.
To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
To hold dear.