maltreatment

Noun

Meaning

cruel or inhumane treatment

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

abuse ill-treatment ill-usage child abuse damage suffering injury punishment harm torture violation persecution oppression injustice outrage

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Antonyms

grace hand help economy aid benefit

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Hypernyms

mistreatment

Hyponyms

child abuse persecution cruelty child neglect inhuman treatment

Phrases with the word

child maltreatment maltreatment of children maltreatment of juveniles

Examples

The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. Ed Markey

the child showed signs of physical abuse Source: Internet

According to them, they were fed up with the maltreatment of male students in the boarding house by the teacher. Source: Internet

Extended school closures deprive children who live in unsafe homes and neighborhoods and offer an important layer of protection from neglect as well as physical, sexual and emotional maltreatment and abuse. Source: Internet

For a time, the 1939 crisis appeared likely to cause an Anglo-Japanese war, especially when reports of the maltreatment by the Japanese Army of British subjects wishing to leave or enter the concession appeared in the British press. Source: Internet

Ferenczi generalized the idea of trauma to emotional neglect, physical maltreatment, and empathic failure. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

maltreat maltreated maltreater maltreatment of children maltreatment of juveniles maltreator