Definition of mental cruelty in US English:
mental cruelty
nounˈˌmen(t)l ˈkro͞o(ə)ltē
Law Conduct that makes another person suffer but does not involve physical assault.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you said that stuff to a player nowadays he'd be running away getting his agent and getting you sued for mental cruelty.
- Why would she endure months of alleged mental cruelty if she understood the agreement was only for existing assets something with which she had no problem?
- In its ruling the court said the husband's behaviour towards his wife constituted mental cruelty under Indian matrimonial law.
- Make a report to the police - almost every form of physical and sexual abuse is illegal and so are many forms of mental cruelty.
- ‘You can fight with your family,’ he says, ‘but it's not mental cruelty.’