battered women

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• battered women's syndrome — noun see battered woman syndrome …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• battered women's syndrome — noun see battered woman syndrome …   Useful english dictionary

• battered women's shelter — institution providing shelter for women physically abused by their spouses …   English contemporary dictionary

• battered woman syndrome — battered wom·an syndrome wu̇ mən , wō , wə also battered wom·an s syndrome mənz n the highly variable symptom complex of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by a woman repeatedly abused esp. physically by her mate called also battered… …   Medical dictionary

• Women in Kyrgyzstan — traditionally had assigned roles, although only the religious elite sequestered women as was done in other Muslim societies.Olcott, Martha Brill. The Role of Women . [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kgtoc.html Kyrgyzstan country study ] (Glenn E.… …   Wikipedia

• hotline for battered women — emergency telephone line for women who are abused and need help …   English contemporary dictionary

• Battered woman defence — The battered woman defence is a legal defence representing that the person accused of an assault or murder was suffering from battered person syndrome at the material time. Because the defence is almost invariably invoked by women, it is usually… …   Wikipedia

• Women's shelter — Pringle Patric House, one of the first women s domestic violence shelter in the United States, built in 1877 A women s shelter is a place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent or abusive situations, such as rape, and domestic …   Wikipedia

• battered — adjective 1 old and in bad condition: a battered old suitcase 2 battered women/children etc women or children who have been violently treated by their husbands or fathers: a shelter for battered wives …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• battered woman syndrome — noun Date: 1984 the highly variable symptom complex of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by a woman repeatedly abused especially physically by her mate called also battered woman s syndrome, battered wife syndrome, battered women s… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• battered woman syndrome — noun also battered woman s syndrome or battered wife syndrome or battered women s syndrome : the highly variable symptom complex of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by a woman repeatedly abused especially physically by her mate …   Useful english dictionary