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  • 71molestation — I noun abuse, aggravation, annoyance, bother, disturbance, ill treatment, ill usage, inconvenience, interference, interruption, intrusion, irritation, maltreatment, meddling, mistreatment, nuisance, oppression, persecution, vexatio, vexation II… …

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  • 72Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt — Mary Clement Leavitt, temperance crusader Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt (1830–1912) was a divorced Boston schoolteacher who became the first round the world missionary for the Woman s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), of which she was a… …

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  • 73Egypt Eyalet — ايالة مصر (Arabic) Eyalet i Mısır (Turkish) Egypt Eyalet Province of the Ottoman Empire …

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  • 74þréatung — f ( e/ a) compulsion, force, violence, oppression, ill treatment; rebuke, reproof, correction; threatening, compulsion, ill usage …

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  • 75maltreatment — n. Abuse, ill treatment, bad treatment, ill usage …

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  • 76child abuse — noun the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children • Hypernyms: ↑maltreatment, ↑ill treatment, ↑ill usage, ↑abuse * * * ˈchild abuse [child abuse] noun …

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  • 77child neglect — noun failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child • Hypernyms: ↑maltreatment, ↑ill treatment, ↑ill usage, ↑abuse …

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  • 78inhuman treatment — noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering • Syn: ↑cruelty • Hypernyms: ↑maltreatment, ↑ill treatment, ↑ill usage, ↑abuse • Hyponyms: ↑impalement, ↑ …

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  • 79mistreatment — noun the practice of treating (someone or something) badly he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother • Derivationally related forms: ↑mistreat • Hypernyms: ↑practice, ↑pattern • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 80mis|use — «verb. mihs YOOZ; noun. mihs YOOS», verb, used, us|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to use for the wrong purpose; use improperly: »He misuses his knife at the table by lifting food with it. SYNONYM(S): misapply. 2. to treat badly; abu …

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