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/hˈɑməsˌaɪd/ Listen

noun

Homicide n.

The killing of one human being by another. Note: Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder.

One who kills another; a manslayer.

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Etymology of 'Homicide'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Homicide" Quotes from Famous Books

... religions were established, there were expiations; the ceremonies accompanying them were ridiculous: for what connection between the water of the Ganges and a murder? how could a man repair a homicide by bathing himself? We have already remarked this excess of aberration and absurdity, of imagining that he who washes his body washes his soul, and wipes away the ...

— Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary • Voltaire

... Professor Theobald. "It must be most galling when their lamentations prevent one from committing one's justifiable homicide in peace and quietness. Imagine the discomfort of having a half-educated victim to deal with, who can't hold his tongue and let one perform the operation quietly and comfortably. It is enough ...

— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird

... which seemed to her like homicide, Josette stood still for a moment, speechless. Then, at a gesture from her mistress, she ran headlong down ...

— The Jealousies of a Country Town • Honore de Balzac

... Eagle, with his brazier on his head, suddenly turned the corner of the street, and stationing himself before the dead-cart, cried in a voice of thunder, "Woe to the libertine! woe to the homicide! for he shall perish in everlasting ...

— Old Saint Paul's - A Tale of the Plague and the Fire • William Harrison Ainsworth

... narrowed it to assassination only, frankly paraphrasing the simple law, as "Thou shalt do no murder," and excepting the whole range of war-slaughter, of legal execution, of "self-defence" and "justifiable homicide." ...

— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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