陵りょう虐ぎゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

humiliation; indignity; affront; assault

A formal, literary term for an act that deeply humiliates or insults someone, often involving an abuse of power or physical violation. Rare in everyday speech; more common in historical or legal contexts.

• 彼かれは上じょう官かんから陵りょう虐ぎゃくを受うけたと訴うったえた。

  He complained that he had been subjected to humiliation by his superior officer.

• その行こう為いは人じん権けんに対たいする陵りょう虐ぎゃくに当あたる。

  That act constitutes an affront to human rights.