SELF-ABUSE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Self-abuse

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noun

Self-abuse n.

The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.

Self-deception; delusion. (Obs.)

Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.

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Etymology of 'Self-abuse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Self-abuse" Quotes from Famous Books

... his pupils what immorality between husband and wife meant, although he was a married man himself; but on the subject of immorality in all its other aspects he was well-informed. He went on to the subject of self-abuse. As he pronounced the word a rustling sound passed through the rows of young men; they stared at him, with white cheeks and hollow eyes, as if a phantom had appeared in their midst. As long as he kept to the tortures of hell fire, they remained fairly indifferent, but when ...

— Married • August Strindberg

... Example here counts for more than precept, and practice teaches more than either, provided it is carried on in the light of precept and example. The rash and unqualified statements concerning the immense benefits of continence, or the awful results of self-abuse, etc., frequently found in books for young people will occur to every one. Stated with wise moderation they would have been helpful. Pushed to harsh extravagance they are not only useless to aid the young in their ...

— The Task of Social Hygiene • Havelock Ellis

Words linked to "Self-abuse" : onanism