treatment

1. (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.Examples: "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants."countable

2. (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.countable

3. (obsolete) entertainment; treatExamples: "Accept such treatment as a swain affords."countableobsoleteuncountable

4. (euphemistic) harsh punishment; retributionExamples: "He’s been a naughty boy, so give him a good treatment."; "Even if you supported the socialist regime, your class background often meant you were going to get the treatment regardless."countableeuphemisticuncountable