Meanings
nounmaltreatment (countable and uncountable, plural maltreatments)
plural maltreatments
- countableuncountableCruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, maltreat + -ment.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian малтретиране
- малтретиране (maltretirane)cruel or harmful treatment
Czech týrání
- týránícruel or harmful treatment
Dutch mishandeling
- mishandelingcruel or harmful treatment
French sévice, maltraitement
- sévicecruel or harmful treatment
- maltraitementcruel or harmful treatment
German Misshandlung
- Misshandlungcruel or harmful treatment
Italian maltrattamento
- maltrattamentocruel or harmful treatment
Japanese 虐待, 差別
- 虐待 (gyakutai)cruel or harmful treatment
- 差別 (sabetsu)cruel or harmful treatment
- 冷遇 (reigū)cruel or harmful treatment
Latin contumēlia
- contumēliacruel or harmful treatment
Māori tūkinonga, rurerurenga
- tūkinongacruel or harmful treatment
- rurerurengacruel or harmful treatment
Norwegian Bokmål mishandling
- mishandlingcruel or harmful treatment
Polish poniewieranie, maltretowanie
- poniewieraniecruel or harmful treatment
- maltretowaniecruel or harmful treatment
- znęcanie sięcruel or harmful treatment
Spanish maltrato, maltratamiento
- maltratocruel or harmful treatment
- maltratamientocruel or harmful treatment
Swedish vanvård
- vanvårdcruel or harmful treatment
Cite this entry
APA
maltreatment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maltreatment
MLA
“maltreatment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maltreatment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maltreatment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maltreatment.
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