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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.
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!)
2
My Courtship and Marriage.-Changeof owner.-Myfirst born.-Its sufferings.-My wife abused.-My own anguish.
3
His wife abuses me in all societies, and tries to pass me without speaking.
4
The villagers were very sorry for what had happened but the headman and his wife abused them for not having believed their word.