maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse
(noun) cruel or inhumane treatment; “the child showed signs of physical abuse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
