self-abuse

noun

ˌself-ə-ˈbyüs 

1

: reproach of oneself

2

old-fashioned : masturbation

3

: abuse of one's body or health

Word History

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Rhymes for self-abuse

• disabuse
• introduce
• reproduce
• abstruse
• abuse
• adduce
• atreus
• caboose
• cayuse
• conduce
• deduce
• diffuse

Medical Definition

self-abuse

noun

ˌself-ə-ˈbyüs 

: masturbation