Synonyms for child abuse
child abuse

Princeton's WordNet

1. child abusenoun

   the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children

Matched Categories

1. • Maltreatment

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. child abuse

   Synonyms:
   Abused child syndrome, Ambroise Tardieu syndrome, baby battering, battered babe syndrome, battered child syndrome, battered infant syndrome, Caffey syndrome, Caffey-Kempe syndrome, child battering, maltreatment syndrome of children, parent-infant traumatic stress syndrome, Silverman syndrome, Trauma X

2. child abuse

   Synonyms:
   Caffey-Kempe syndrome

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1. Tracie Afifi:

   The findings with child abuse were stronger and more robust.

2. Ken Paxton:

   It is shocking and sad that Joe Biden would champion cruel forms of child abuse such as genital mutilation through forced so-called sex-change operations and the prescription of dangerous puberty blockers, i will always defend the children of Texas from these inhumane procedures.

3. Peter Saunders:

   He is making a mockery of the papal commission (into child abuse), of the Pope himself, but most of all of the victims and the survivors, he has a catalog of denigrating people, of acting with callousness, cold-heartedness, almost sociopathic I would go as far as to say, this lack of care.

4. Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood:

   This has shaken my staff to the core, that little girl had been subjected to the most unspeakable measure of torture for an extended period of time. This is child abuse, the likes of which we haven't experienced here (in Plumas County).

5. Johanna Greeson:

   What is the rate of child abuse and neglect for each state ? We have a national system that tracks these data, so I wonder why they are not included.