treatment

/tɹˈitmənt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

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”
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”

Synonyms for treatment

• intervention
• handling
• discussion
• discourse

Words that rhyme with treatment

• maltreatment
• mistreatment