The phrase "abusive act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is harmful or mistreating someone, often in the context of relationships or legal discussions.
Example: "The court found that the defendant had committed an abusive act against the victim, leading to severe emotional distress."
Alternatives: "harmful behavior" or "mistreatment".
Hence, when answering the Chinese AAS, some may have given a (false) negative answer to physical abuse if no injury was caused by the abusive act.
During the abusive act, it was this feeling that stopped them from acting upon their experience.
And, for every abusive act I have been made aware of, I've personally witnessed thousands of others by caregivers who showed incredible patience, professionalism and kindness.
It is not difficult to see how government bodies categorising these (often young and deeply vulnerable) men as "women and girls" is tantamount to another abusive act.
But she indicates that it is not at all helpful to insist people be more damaged than they actually are, in order to condemn an abusive act.
And this last abusive act will literally take affect in the final minutes of the Bush administration, the morning of inauguration day.
Since education is an important factor in determining the acceptability of abuse [ 68], education at the community level may influence the likelihood of a woman being abused by acting through social norms to change community acceptability of such abusive acts, and positively influence institutional resources and interpersonal support against abuse towards women.
We posit that the higher prevalence of IPV found among women in our study may reflect higher disclosure facilitated by the use of the ascertainment tools – the CTS2 and the CBS-R in this study, which aided in the facilitation of women's interpretations of these abusive acts, thereby increasing disclosure of abuse.
In a population-based survey there was a strong association between abuse by partner and PPD, but no association was found of abusive acts perpetrated by other persons [ 36].
The act bars the firms from employing "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts".
At the top of the list: cracking down on "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts" by lenders.
