English

Noun

abusion ‎(plural abusions)

1. (obsolete) Misuse, abuse. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]^[2]
2. (obsolete) Abuse of the truth; deceit, lying. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]^[2]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xi:

     by those vgly formes weren pourtrayd, / Foolish delights and fond abusions, / Which do that sence besiege with light illusions.

3. (obsolete) Violation of law or propriety; outrage, improper behaviour. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]^[2]
4. (obsolete) Catachresis. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]^[2]
5. (obsolete) Physical, mental, verbal, or sexual abuse. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]^[2]

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 8
2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10

Old French

Noun

abusion f ‎(oblique plural abusions, nominative singular abusion, nominative plural abusions)

1. abuse
2. deception; deceit
3. lie; untruth
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la desputizons dou croisie et dou descroisie.:

     Tu dis si grant abusion
     Que nus ne la porroit descrire[.]

     You say such lies
     That no-one could describe them

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (abusion)