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FILICIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The murder of your own son or daughter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("filicide" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A parent who murders his own son or daughter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("filicide" is a kind of...):
parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)