battered woman syndrome

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

Japanese Meaning

累積的な虐待を受けた女性が、過去の暴力経験に基づく情緒的混乱や心理的影響の結果、自己防衛の意図として相手に対し致命的な暴力を行った場合、その行為を理解し、法的防御の一環として主張される心理的状態を指す。

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The defense attorney argued that her actions were the result of battered woman syndrome, a legal defense based on cumulative domestic abuse rather than a single provocation.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

弁護側の弁護士は、彼女の行為は、単発の刺激ではなく蓄積した家庭内虐待に反応して暴力的なパートナーを殺さざるを得なかったとする法的弁護（被虐待女性症候群）の結果だと主張した。

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

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