Abusion

/əˈbjuːʒən/ noun

Definition

The act or practice of abusing something or someone.

Etymology

From abuse + -ion (suffix creating nouns from Latin verbs), following the pattern of confusion and fusion, though rarely used in modern English.

Kelly Says

This is a wonderful example of a 'ghost word'—it appears in some dictionaries because someone used it once, but it never gained traction because English speakers preferred simply saying 'abuse' as both noun and verb.

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