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well-treated

adjective

  1. not subjected to threats, harm, or other bad treatment

    hostages were well treated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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One of the first of those was that slavery was benign and enslaved persons were generally well-treated.

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It came after the Grand National weights had been announced so potentially well-treated, although jumping needs to sharpen up to put rivals to the sword.

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“They’re growing up in countries where, on paper, Latin American women’s lives look like they should be fairly well-treated, but that’s not their experience on the ground. So they’re angry,” said Jennifer Piscopo, professor of Gender and Politics at the Royal Holloway University of London who has studied Latin America for decades.

“This will be by far the most well-treated, highest-quality water served to the public,” Polhemus said.

Against campaigners who saw slavery as brutal and inhumane, he insisted that enslaved people were well-treated.

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