'''Violentia''' est usus deliberatus [[vis|virium]] contra aliquem. Definitio aab [[Ordo mundi sanitarius|Ordine mundi sanitario]] proposita est "usus deliberatus virium vel potestatis corporis, comminatus aut verus, contra se ipsum, alium, aut gregem vel communitatem, qui vulnus, mortem, menti iniuriam, incrementum vitiatum, aut privationem efficit vel efficere valde potest.<ref name="who.int">Krug et al., [http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/en/ "World report on violence and health"], World Health Organization, 2002.</ref>
