battered person syndrome

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US

别名

BPS

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A legal defense according to which a murderer had no choice but to kill their violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.

    不可数 法律

词源

A more recent, gender-neutral formulation based on battered woman syndrome.

来源：wiktionary