battered woman syndrome
nounDefinitions
A legal defense according to which a female murderer had no choice but to kill her…
A legal defense according to which a female murderer had no choice but to kill her violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for battered woman syndrome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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