Maltreatment Synonyms

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Synonyms for Maltreatment

punishment
The imposition of a penalty or deprivation for wrongdoing:
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injury
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
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injustice
The definition of injustice is something that is not fair or just.
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misusage
Bad or harsh treatment
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mistreatment
Physically harmful treatment
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abuse
Sexual abuse.
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violation
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated:
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help
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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Find another word for maltreatment. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for maltreatment, like: punishment, injury, injustice, abuse, violation, ill-treatment, misusage, mishandling, mistreatment, help and ill-usage.
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Maltreatment Sentence Examples

  • The two prerequisites for this form of maltreatment are sexual arousal towards children and the willingness to act on this arousal.

  • The maltreatment of the Poncas, a fine and peaceable tribe, was peculiarly and inexcusably harsh.

  • Textual criticism is called upon to repair the mischief done to inscriptions (texts inscribed upon stones) by weathering, maltreatment or the errors of the stone-cutter.

  • Child protective services (CPS)-The designated social services agency (in most states) to receive reports, investigate, and provide intervention and treatment services to children and families in which child maltreatment has occurred.

  • The data show that child protective service agencies received about 2,600,000 reports of possible maltreatment in 2002.

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