Abuse
(v. t.) To put to a wrong use |
Abuse
(v. t.) To use ill |
Abuse
(v. t.) To revile |
Abuse
(v. t.) To dishonor. |
Abuse
(v. t.) To violate |
Abuse
(v. t.) To deceive |
Abuse
(v. t.) Improper treatment or use |
Abuse
(v. t.) Physical ill treatment |
Abuse
(v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom |
Abuse
(v. t.) Vituperative words |
Abuse
(v. t.) Violation |
Action
(n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest |
Action
(n.) An act |
Action
(n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition |
Action
(n.) Movement |
Action
(n.) Effective motion |
Action
(n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism |
Action
(n.) Gesticulation |
Action
(n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. |
Action
(n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice |
Action
(n.) A right of action |
Action
(n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds |
Action
(n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water |
Action
(n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. |
Base-court
(n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house |
Base-court
(n.) An inferior court of law, not of record. |
By-interest
(n.) Self-interest |
Court
(n.) An inclosed space |
Court
(n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary |
Court
(n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority |
Court
(n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign |
Court
(n.) Attention directed to a person in power |
Court
(n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. |
Court
(n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice |
Court
(n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice. |
Court
(n.) The judge or judges |
Court
(n.) The session of a judicial assembly. |
Court
(n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. |
Court
(n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis |
Court
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery |
Court
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of |
Court
(v. t.) To attempt to gain |
Court
(v. t.) To invite by attractions |
Court
(v. i.) To play the lover |
Court-baron
(n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward |
Court-craft
(n.) The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. |
Court-cupboard
(n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. |
Court-leet
(n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. |
Court-martial
(n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law. |
Court-martialed
(imp. & p. p.) of Court-martial |
process
physical process | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states, events now in process, the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls |
act
deed
human action
human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
| action | something done (usually as opposed to something said), there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions |
course
course of action | a mode of action, if you persist in that course you will surely fail, once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place |
| maneuver manoeuvre evasive action | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
service serving
service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
maltreatment
ill-treatment
ill-usage
abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment, the child showed signs of physical abuse |
| child abuse | the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children |
pastime
interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
| court game | an athletic game played on a court |
royal tennis
real tennis
court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
| action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field, the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds, gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible |
operation
surgery surgical operation
surgical procedure
surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
wrong
legal injury
damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
sexual assault
sexual abuse
sex crime
sex offense | a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat, most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault |
constructive fraud
legal fraud | comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence |
statutory rape
carnal abuse | sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly) |
| carnal abuse | any lascivious contact by an adult with the sexual organs of a child (especially not involving sexual intercourse) |
self-stimulation
self-abuse | manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure |
reflex
reflex response
reflex action
instinctive reflex
innate reflex
inborn reflex
unconditioned reflex
physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
mathematical process
mathematical operation
operation | (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods, the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation, they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic |
misuse
abuse | improper or excessive use, alcohol abuse, the abuse of public funds |
substance abuse
drug abuse
habit | excessive use of drugs |
alcohol abuse
alcoholic abuse
alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks |
military action
action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
| police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
replay
instant replay
action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
procedure
process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result, the procedure of obtaining a driver's license, it was a process of trial and error |
| group action | action taken by a group of people |
delivery livery
legal transfer | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another |
| legal duty | acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
| direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
| contempt of court | disrespect for the rules of a court of law |
due process
due process of law | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles, based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards |
legal action
action action at law | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another, one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
| action | an act by a government body or supranational organization, recent federal action undermined the segregationist position, the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues, the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves |
class action
class-action suit | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
proceeding
legal proceeding
proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
eviction
dispossession
legal ouster | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
| court-martial | a trial that is conducted by a military court |
legal separation
separation | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) |
court
homage | respectful deference, pay court to the emperor |
appearance appearing
coming into court | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
| job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
Abstract Expressionism
action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
action
action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
arena
scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |