battered person syndrome
nounEtymology
A more recent, gender-neutral formulation based on battered woman syndrome.
Definitions
A legal defense according to which a murderer had no choice but to kill their violent…
A legal defense according to which a murderer had no choice but to kill their violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for battered person syndrome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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