MANSLAUGHTER

manslaughter

(noun) homicide without malice aforethought

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural manslaughters)

(obsolete) The slaying of a human being.

(law) 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.

Anagrams

• slaughterman

Source: Wiktionary

Man"slaugh`ter, n.

1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.

2. (Law)

Definition: The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

Find words from

that start with

that end with

containing

of length

RESET

Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)

Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.