Little 9- to 12-year-olds playing the way they were playing doesn't constitute sexual abuse.

Of those, 117 cases were unsubstantiated or did not constitute abuse, the report said.

There seems to be considerable agreement, for example, that the definition of what constitutes sexual abuse may be too broad.

Would you like information on what constitutes abuse, legally?

Such intervention in the life of a child constitutes abuse.

There is no single definition of what constitutes abuse.

Thus even brokers with integrity must constantly draw their own line between what constitutes advice and abuse.

What constitutes violent abuse and does it occur more commonly among some groups than among others?

Every year, the administration has declined, arguing that drug-taking alone does not constitute abuse.

It is sometimes difficult to decide what constitutes abuse when discussing the discipline of children.