Wife-beating
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of wifebeating. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"However, certain restrictions did exist, and the general trend in the young states was toward declaring wife-beating illegal."
Adjective
- 1 Prone to physically assaulting one's wife.
"The Mishnah's mention of injuries inflicted on a woman by a man can refer to an assailant outside the family and to inadvertent assault, but the phrase surely includes a wife-beating husband, too."
Example
More examples"The Mishnah's mention of injuries inflicted on a woman by a man can refer to an assailant outside the family and to inadvertent assault, but the phrase surely includes a wife-beating husband, too."
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