Meanings
- uncountablecrimeSexual abuse of a child by an adult or older child.
More than $100 million has been paid out to victims of institutional child sexual abuse in Queensland, amid more than 13,000 national applications for redress.
2022 April 14, Cloe Read, “$100m paid out to child sexual abuse victims in schools, churches”, in Brisbane Times1 more example
One meta-analysis found that European countries, many of which offer comprehensive, mandatory sex ed, including for young children, tend to have the lowest rates of child sexual abuse in the world.
2022 April 14, Olga Khazan, “Republicans Have Sex Ed All Wrong”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: child molestation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSexual abuse of a child by an adult or older child.
Origin
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child sexual abuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sexual%20abuse
“child sexual abuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sexual%20abuse. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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