Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Treatment \Treat"ment\, n. [Cf. F. traitement. See {Treat}.]
   1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation;
      handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

   2. Entertainment; treat. [Obs.]

            Accept such treatment as a swain affords. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

treatment
     n 1: care by procedures or applications that are intended to
          relieve illness or injury
     2: the management of someone or something; "the handling of
        prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to
        equal treatment in the criminal justice system" [syn: {handling}]
     3: a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his
        treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"
     4: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with
        some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent
        discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race
        question is badly biased" [syn: {discussion}, {discourse}]