different between manslaughter vs manslaughtering

English

Etymology

From Middle English mansla?ter, manslauter, equivalent to man +? slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mannslieht, mannsleaht (“homicide”), from mann (“man, person”) +? slieht, sleaht (“stroke, slaying”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).

Noun

manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural manslaughters)

1. (obsolete) The slaying of a human being.
2. (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; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

Derived terms

Related terms

• self-slaughter

Translations

Further reading

• manslaughter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• manslaughter at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• slaughterman

English

Etymology

man +? slaughtering

Adjective

manslaughtering (not comparable)

1. Committing manslaughter; slaying men.