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Abusive language (law) — The use of abusive language to another person is illegal in a number of U.S. states.[1][2] Offenders are typically charged with this offense in conjunction with other crimes, such as aggressive driving or assault. However, in 1989 the New York… … Wikipedia
abusive language — offensive language, foul language … English contemporary dictionary
abusive language — Cruelty amounting to a ground for divorce, where it is so intense as to cause mental suffering sufficient to impair health. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 48 … Ballentine's law dictionary
abusive — abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious, scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance. Abusive… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
abusive — abu·sive /ə byü siv, ziv/ adj 1: characterized by wrong or improper use or action abusive tax shelters 2: inflicting verbal or physical abuse abusive parents abu·sive·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of L … Law dictionary
language — I noun communication, composition, dialect, expression, faculty of speech, folk speech, form of expression, formulation, idiom, jargon, lingua, linguistics, means of communication, oral, oratio, parlance, phrasing, phraseology, rhetoric, sermo,… … Law dictionary
abusive — [[t]əbju͟ːsɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way towards other people. He became violent and abusive toward Ben s mother. ...her cruel and abusive husband. 2) ADJ GRADED Abusive language is extremely rude … English dictionary
abusive — adjective Date: 1583 1. characterized by wrong or improper use or action; especially corrupt < abusive financial practices > 2. a. using harsh insulting language < an angry and abusive crowd > b. characterized … New Collegiate Dictionary
abusive — [əˈbjuːsɪv] adj 1) offensive or insulting Syn: rude abusive language[/ex] When we asked him to leave, he became abusive.[/ex] 2) treating someone in a cruel way, either by being violent or by forcing them to have sex an abusive parent[/ex]… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
language — lan|guage W1S2 [ˈlæŋgwıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(English/French/Arabic etc)¦ 2¦(communication)¦ 3¦(style/type of words)¦ 4¦(computers)¦ 5¦(swearing)¦ 6 strong language 7¦(sounds/signs/actions)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: langue … Dictionary of contemporary English
