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Mariticide – the act of killing one's husband (Latin: maritus "husband"). Matricide – the act of killing one's mother (Latin: mater "mother"). Neonaticide – the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of its life. Nepoticide – the act of killing one's nephew.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child. The word filicide is derived from the Latin words filius and filia ('son' and 'daughter') and the suffix -cide, from the word caedere meaning 'to kill'.
Refusing to submit to a husband's wishes is a common reason given for justification of violence in developing countries: [376] for instance 62.4% of women in Tajikistan justify wife beating if the wife goes out without telling the husband; 68% if she argues with him; 47.9% if she refuses to have sex with him. [377]
Their daughter was not present for the murders. David was said to be distraught over finances after losing his job. [41] 2016 Spalding shooting, July 19, 2016, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Lance Hart killed his wife and daughter before killing himself. Riverview murders, March 18, 2018, Riverview, Florida. Ronnie O'Neal III shot the mother of ...
A dysfunctional family affects familial ties and creates conflicts in the same family space. A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly.
Work spouse" is a term or phrase that is mostly in American English, [1] referring to a co-worker, [2] with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those of a marriage. Early references suggest that a work spouse may not just be a co-worker, but can also be someone in a similar field who the individual works closely with ...
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .