Battered woman
See under battered woman syndrome.
Contemporary Examples
“I had talked the defense into portraying her act under the ‘battered woman syndrome,’” Speckhard recalls.
Kristin Beck, the SEALs’ Warrior Princess Who Came Out as Transgender Lloyd Grove June 5, 2013
Historical Examples
She did not want this battered woman of the world to know how hard she was hit.
Mount Royal, Volume 1 of 3 Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Miss Rougemont was an odd, battered woman, with an inexpressive face; but she was not so insensible as Rhoda imagined.
Old Kensington Miss Thackeray
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