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Etymology edit

heder (honor) +‎ -s- (violence)

Noun edit

hedersvåld n

  1. honor violence (violence against someone, usually a woman, perceived as lessening family honor through breaking cultural norms of (sexual) behavior, especially of some Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practices)

Declension edit

Declension of hedersvåld 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hedersvåld hedersvåldet
Genitive hedersvålds hedersvåldets

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