All maltreatment synonyms

noun maltreatment

• injustice — the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
• violation — the act of violating.
• injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• mistreatment — to treat badly or abusively.
• ill-treat — to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
• harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
• damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
• cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• punishment — the act of punishing.