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otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre

to use up, make full use of one's spare time.

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  • abuti properly = to consume, make full use of. From this is developed the rarer meaning to use in excess, abuse = perverse, intemperanter, immoderate uti. Abuse, misuse = pravus usus, vitium male utentium, insolens mos. abusus is only found in the Jurists, and abusio is a technical term of rhetoric = κατάχρησις.
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Abusar del ocio o emplear el ocio para su propio uso.

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