mental cruelty
Britishnoun
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The couple's lawyer, AK Srivastava, told The National that the couple had demanded the money "because of mental cruelty".
From BBC ● May 12, 2022
She cited mental cruelty as the reason for the divorce, which became final the following year.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2019
Many applicants plead “mental cruelty,” but defining mental cruelty is a murky affair, often coming down to a judge’s discretion.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
The team reportedly confronted Hermann with a letter claiming that “the mental cruelty that we as a team have suffered is unbearable.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2013
I cannot understand the mental cruelty which condemns with contempt human creatures who have had no chance—not one single chance.
From A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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