English Explanatory Dictionary

battered person syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

battered person syndrome

Etymology

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

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