domestic violence victim
Survivor of battering
A domestic violence victim is a person who has been subjected to physical, emotional, sexual, or psychological abuse by an intimate partner or family member.
The term appears in legal, medical, and social service contexts: The shelter provides housing for domestic violence victims.
Some prefer "survivor" to emphasize resilience rather than victimhood, though "victim" remains standard in legal and clinical settings.
- survivorOne still alive after
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- bruisesDiscolored skin from impact
- shelterProtected place or structure
- fearEmotional response to threat
escape · trauma · power and control · silence · hidden · trapped · helpline · restraining order · cycle · control · isolation · broken · healing · courage · police · crisis hotline · hospital · advocate
- protected personsnoncombatant, civilian, refugee, asylum seeker, minor
- victimologyvictimology, revictimization, vulnerable populations, trauma recovery, complainant
- Protected Classesrace, color, religion, sex, national origin
domestic violence victimabuser
One who mistreats others
batterer · domestic abuser · aggressor · assailant · offender
domestic violence victimdomestic violence survivor
One who endured intimate abuse
domestic, domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domestication, domesticity, violence, violent, violently