Abuse and Recognition

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Abuse noun - Harsh insulting language.

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Recognition is an antonym for abuse in topics: disagreement, denial.

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Recognition noun - The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.

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Nearby Words: recognize, recognise, recognized, recognizable, recognizer

emotional	emotional abuse	emotional recognition
legal	legal abuse	legal recognition
proper	proper abuse	proper recognition
actual	actual abuse	actual recognition
Other adjectives: serious, widespread, less, further.

It turns out that, in the movie, he only committed these deeds to gain recognition, after years of abuse from his brother.

Source: Not Evil, Just Misunderstood
After watching his female colleague die yet another horrible and pointless death he wakes up yet again, and the drill sergeant forgoes his abuse and silently hands Cage his gear in recognition of this trope.

Source: Thousand-Yard Stare
It takes him the better part of the movie to figure it out.Mellish: (Giving Upham ammunition) Fucked up beyond all recognition.Upham: (Smokes nervously) Yeah.(beat)Upham: FUBAR...Mellish: (Laughs and slaps him.) Camera Abuse: Dirt on the lens happens many times.

Source: Film / Saving Private Ryan

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