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Offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour involving the misuse of power that can make a person feel vulnerable, upset, humiliated, undermined or threatened.

Unlawful discrimination means treating someone or a group of people badly, or less favourably than others, on the basis of certain personal attributes based on one of the nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act (2010). These are age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief (including lack of belief), and sexual orientation.

Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of a pattern of behaviour of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence. It can happen at any point in a relationship, including after you have split up.

A procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed, but where there is no medical reason for this to be done. It is also known as “female circumcision” or “cutting” and by other terms, such as sunna, gudlin, halalays, tahur, megrez and khitan, among others.

A marriage in which one or both spouses do not (or in the case of some adults with learning or physical disabilities, cannot) consent to the marriage and duress is involved. Duress can include physical, psychological, financial, sexual and emotional pressure.

Unwanted physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct which may intentionally or unintentionally violate a person’s dignity or create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment which interferes with an individual’s learning, working or social environment e.g. public humiliation, personal insults, stalking or offensive emails or comments on social networking sites. This category includes sexual harassment which is unwanted and unwelcome words, conduct, or behaviour of a sexual nature

A hate crime is when someone commits a crime against you because of your race, religion, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference. A hate crime doesn’t have to include physical violence, it can include offensive language, someone harassing you because of who you are, or who they think you are someone and/or posting abusive or offensive messages about you online.

When an individual or a group attacks a person physically, with or without the use of a weapon, or threatens to hurt that person. It can include pushing, punching, kicking, using weapons or physically restraining another person.

Sexual violence is defined as a sexual act committed against someone without that person's freely given consent, this includes completed or attempted acts and those that relate to alcohol/drug- facilitated acts. There are many different kinds of sexual violence that exist including but not limited to rape, sexual assault, child sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Sexual violence can be psychological and/or physical.

When you experience negative or detrimental treatment because you have done something that you are legally entitled to do, including making a complaint or acting as a witness.

Prevent is a national programme that aims to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It works to ensure that people who are susceptible to radicalisation are offered appropriate interventions, and communities are protected against radicalising influences. Radicalisation can happen when a person develops extreme views or beliefs that support terrorist groups or activities. There are different types of terrorism, and Prevent deals with all of them. The most common types of terrorism in the UK are Extreme Right-Wing terrorism and Islamist terrorism. Find out more about what terrorism means

A collection of practices used to control behaviour within families in order to protect perceived cultural and religious beliefs and/or ‘honour’. It is often linked to family members or acquaintances who mistakenly believe someone has brought shame to their family or community by doing something that is not in keeping with the traditional beliefs of their culture.