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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Manslaughter \Man"slaugh'ter\, noun
1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. --Milton.
2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
manslaughter
noun: homicide without malice aforethought
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