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What is domestic violence?

What is domestic violence? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Violence committed in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.
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A friend of mine was a domestic violence crisis line counselor and wound up in an abusive relationship.
Children from families experiencing domestic violence were recruited from battered women's shelters.
We had burglaries and robberies and car prowls and thefts and domestic violence cases that to my way of thinking deserved much higher priority.
Today, domestic violence makes up a quarter of all reported violent crime, although most goes unreported.
Drug and alcohol abuse seems to be a common ingredient in a large proportion of public and domestic violence and crime.
It includes domestic violence, child physical abuse, child sexual abuse and maltreatment of elders.

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