sexual violence
sexual violence noun: a broad term encompassing sexual assault, harassment, indecent assault, rape, and other sexual offences against a non-consenting victim.
Noun
sexual violence (uncountable)
- A broad term encompassing sexual assault, harassment, indecent assault, rape, and other sexual offences against a non-consenting victim.
- The use of sexual violence against civilian populations by invading armies.
- (When contrasted with sexual assault.) A physical attack of a sexual nature involving penetration (as apposed to sexual assault which may not involve actual penetration).
sexual violence meaning in Hindi and Tamil
sexual violence in Hindi
- Broad term encompassing all sexual offences
- यौन हिंसा yaun hinsā
sexual violence in Tamil
- பாலுறவு வன்முறை
Questions about sexual violence
- What does sexual violence mean?
- Sexual violence means a broad term encompassing sexual assault, harassment, indecent assault, rape, and other sexual offences against a non-consenting victim.
- What is sexual violence in Hindi?
- Sexual violence in Hindi is यौन हिंसा (yaun hinsā). See Sexual violence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sexual violence?
- Sexual violence is a noun.
Words near sexual violence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexual violence (page history and authors); sexual violence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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