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+~~Title:Abuse~~
 <fs x-large>Abuse</fs> is the treatment of things, alive or inanimate, outside of their respective normal use cases that is likely to result in significant damage to that or another object or individual. General wear and tear does not pass the "significant" [[qualifier]] and usually occurs normally even inside of the person's or object's normal use case. Abuse does not necessitate intent((In terms of interpersonal relations, abuse is always defined with involving intent. Or is it? What about a depressed mother neglecting her children? The intent question in the word "abuse" can vary widely between specific examples.)) nor does it require any damage to actually occur, but if an intent to harm is present this can be the basis for a legal case against the abuser.((Although of course the absence of action to prevent harm from coming someone's way can be good enough as well.)) From an ethics standpoint, abuse should always be avoided where there are better alternatives. In ethics, we will primarily care about //patterns of abuse//. Everyone may be abusive to someone at some point in their life and humans are good at shrugging off individual blows, but real damage will usually occur if the abuse occurs in a pattern, ie. it happens repeatedly.((This is not to say, of course, that no one individual event isn't able to traumatize or significantly damage a person or object, but in every day life such events are rare and massively dwarfed by the sustained, every-day abuse we go through.))\\
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