battered person syndrome

English

Etymology

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

Noun

battered person syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (law) 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.
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