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manslaughter

noun
/ˈmænˌslɔːtə/UK/ˈmænˌslɔtɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).

  1. inherited from mansliht
  2. inherited from manslaȝter

Definitions

  1. The slaying of a human being.

  2. The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission…

    The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

The neighborhood

Derived

constructive manslaughter, corporate manslaughter, criminally negligent manslaughter, first-degree manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, manslaughterous, second-degree manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA