Come, wee’l to ſleepe: My ſtrange & ſelf-abuſe Is the initiate feare, that wants hard vse: We are yet but yong indeed.
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Self-abuse
//sɛlfəˈbjuːs//
Synonyms for "self-abuse" (61 found)
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Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- selvbedrageri noun (self-deception)
- selvskading noun (self-harm)
Polish
2 entries- autoagresja noun (self-deception)
- autoagresja noun (self-harm)
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No man hath any warrant for self-abuse: We are not nostri, sed alieni juris; and God will see we shall not destroy his work besides his will.
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If such conversion surgery is not readily available, which is normally the case, owing to the many legal dangers attendant to the operation(s), the transsexual may well attempt self-castration, other mutilations and even suicide, or fall into a reactive psychosis. Such self-abuse is apparently not at all rare.
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Well I lost control and hurt myself I knew deep down that I needed some help This self-abuse, it would not stop, No matter how hard I tried
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