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Meanings of wife abuse in English

Spanish
abuso conyugal

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

        abuso conyugal
        Usage of wife abuse in English
        1
        I thought I'd look at the patriarchal manner in which wife abuse has been covered in (or ignored by!)
        Feminist dot com
        2
        My Courtship and Marriage.-Changeof owner.-Myfirst born.-Its sufferings.-My wife abused.-My own anguish.
        Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American ...
        3
        His wife abuses me in all societies, and tries to pass me without speaking.
        Kate Coventry: An Autobiography
        4
        The villagers were very sorry for what had happened but the headman and his wife abused them for not having believed their word.
        Folklore of the Santal Parganas
        Translations for wife abuse