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self-abuse
[ self-uh-byoos, self- ]
self-abuse
noun
- disparagement or misuse of one's own abilities, etc
- a censorious term for masturbation See masturbation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-abuse1
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences
The young patients are going crazy, but not because of self-abuse.
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This stimulation sometimes leads to the formation of an evil habit, known as self-abuse.
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Such friendship may degenerate even into a species of self-abuse that is most deplorable.
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Girls who have formed vicious habits are apt to indulge in the practice of self-abuse at night when going to bed.
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The delight in self-sacrifice is in its origin a phase of cruelty; the bad conscience is a will for self-abuse.
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