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Meanings of spouse abuse in English

Spanish
abuso conyugal

Deliberate severe and repeated injury to one domestic partner by the other.

        abuso conyugal
        Usage of spouse abuse in English
        1
        The problem was in marital relations, finances, and spouse abuse.
        A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
        2
        The byproduct of the lifestyle is polluted rivers, greenhouse effect, spouse abuse, televangelists, and serial killers.
        Snow Crash
        3
        The same goes for spouse abuse, or any other angry outburst where the emotional intensity goes well beyond the situation at hand.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for spouse abuse