Similar words: maltreatment, treatment, mistreatment, beauty treatment, ill-treated, maltreat, entreat, entreaty. Meaning: n. cruel or inhumane treatment.
31. Gregory stirred up riots of the laity against married priests and their wives, in which both often suffered brutal ill-treatment.
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