battered person syndrome

noun

Etymology

A more recent, gender-neutral formulation based on battered woman syndrome.

Definitions

  1. 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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