Treatment Definition & Meaning

treatment
noun
  1. care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
  2. the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"
  3. a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"
  4. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

Synonyms for treatment

discourse noun

extended verbal expression in speech or writing an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church

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discussion noun

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

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handling noun

manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something the action of touching with the hands

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"Treatment" in song lyrics

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  • "Fortify the bullies of the jokes soaking in treatment"
    Aesop Rock — Oxygen
  • "to twenty-one episodes of shock treatment"
    Baddazis — If You (With All)
  • "And I don't show him no special treatment"
    Blaze Ya Dead Homie — Put it Down

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Frequently asked questions

What does treatment mean?
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture" an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
What part of speech is treatment?
Treatment is a noun.
How many definitions does treatment have?
Treatment has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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