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Noun: filicide  'fi-li,sId
  1. The murder of your own son or daughter
    "The community was horrified by the act of filicide"; "Psychologists studied the factors that could lead to filicide"
     
  2. A parent who murders their own son or daughter
    "The community was shocked to learn that the respected teacher was a filicide"

Derived forms: filicides

Type of: execution, murder, parent, slaying

Encyclopedia: Filicide