What is the meaning of treatment?

noun

  • 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.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"
  • An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic.
    • usage: "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
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APAWordNet. (2010). treatment. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/treatment/definitions/1191515
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