/ English Dictionary |
MANSLAUGHTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Homicide without malice aforethought
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("manslaughter" is a kind of...):
homicide (the killing of a human being by another human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manslaughter"):
chance-medley (an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense)