MANSLAUGHTER

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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