Associations to the word «Maltreatment»

Wiktionary

MALTREATMENT, noun. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

Dictionary definition

MALTREATMENT, noun. Cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King