MALTREATMENT
maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse
(noun) cruel or inhumane treatment; “the child showed signs of physical abuse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maltreatment (countable and uncountable, plural maltreatments)
Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
Source: Wiktionary
Mal*treat"ment, n.; Etym: [Cf. F. maltraitement.]
Definition: Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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28 November 2024
SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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