SEXUAL ABUSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
   Synonym(s)
   • sexual assault (what does sexual assault mean?)
   • sex crime (what does sex crime mean?)
   • sex offense (what does sex offense mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault
   Hypernyms(s) sexual abuse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • statutory offense (what does statutory offense mean?)
   • statutory offence (what does statutory offence mean?)
   • regulatory offense (what does regulatory offense mean?)
   • regulatory offence (what does regulatory offence mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • molestation (what does molestation mean?)
   • rape (what does rape mean?)
   • violation (what does violation mean?)
   • assault (what does assault mean?)
   • ravishment (what does ravishment mean?)