Definitions for child abuse

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

child′ abuse`(n.)

  1. beating, neglect, or other mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian.

    Category: Sociology

Origin of child abuse:

1970–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. child abuse(noun)

    the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children

Wiktionary

  1. child abuse(Noun)

    The physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Child Abuse

    Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)


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