self-abuse

[ self-uh-byoos, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf əˈbyus, ˌsɛlf- /

reproach or blame of oneself.

abuse of one's health.

masturbation.

Origin of self-abuse

First recorded in 1595–1605

Auto-erotism, or masturbation, should never be permitted to become "self-abuse," nor is there any need that it should ever do so.

Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living |H.W. Long
Auto-eroticism in the form of self-abuse is not an easy problem to tackle.

An Outline of Sexual Morality |Kenneth Ingram
This is a brief sketch of the local effects of the horrid vice of self-abuse.

Plain Facts for Old and Young |John Harvey Kellogg
Self-abuse in one or another form is as common in the case of the girl as in that of the boy.

Sex |Henry Stanton

Life is too real, too concentrated, too strenuous, and health is too precious to be wilfully wasted in any form of self-abuse.

The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) |W. Grant Hague

self-abuse

disparagement or misuse of one's own abilities, etc

a censorious term for masturbation See masturbation

self-abuse

Abuse of oneself or one's abilities.

Masturbation.