reabuse

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noun

Repeated abuse.

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Meanings

nounreabuse (uncountable)
  1. uncountableRepeated abuse.

    At this point, a judgment is made about the likelihood of reabuse or reneglect if the child is left at home.

    1997, California. Department of Finance. Performance Review Unit, A Performance Review: California's Child Welfare System (page 94)
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    Arrest, prosecution, and incarceration, nonetheless, did not prevent reabuse, and revictimizers were particularly prone to violating orders of protection (A. Klein et al., 2008).

    2010, Ola W. Barnett, Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, Robin D. Perrin, Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction, page 608
verbreabuse (third-person singular simple present reabuses, present participle reabusing, simple past and past participle reabused)

present singular third person reabuses · participle present reabusing · participle past reabused · past reabused

  1. transitiveTo abuse again.

Origin

From re- + abuse.

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APA

reabuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reabuse

MLA

“reabuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reabuse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reabuse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reabuse.

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