Literary notes about abusion (AI summary)
In literary usage, the term “abusion” functions as a multifaceted expression denoting acts of misuse, deception, and disgrace. It is often employed to illustrate the perversion or falsification of dignity, as when a soldier’s honor is tarnished by false representation [1], or when rhetoric devolves into misleading language that ultimately leads to ruin [2]. At times, the word conveys a sense of scandal or moral confusion, suggesting that certain words or actions, when wrongly applied, strip their subjects of inherent worth [3, 4]. Moreover, “abusion” is linked with deceitful behavior that culminates in disarray or ambiguity, emphasizing the inevitable downfall that accompanies such misapplication [5, 6].
- Shame light on him, that through so false illusion Doth turne the name of souldiers to abusion, 220
— from The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser - And by and by I will send one, which for your abusion, Shall lead you to the place of execution.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03 - Here maye we soone perceyue that by abusion wee take wordes that be somwhat nye, whych property do belong to vnlyke thinges.
— from A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Richard Sherry - 990; deceit, B 214; Abusion, a shameful thing, scandal, T. iv.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes by Geoffrey Chaucer - ( A- 2 .) Abusioun , sb. deceit, S2, C3.—OF. abusion (Cotg.).
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - And useth such abusion That in the conclusion He cometh to confusion, Perceive the cause why, To tell the truth plainly He is so ambitious
— from The Reformation and the Renaissance (1485-1547)Second Edition