infanticide
Murdering one's baby
Infanticide is the killing of an infant, typically by a parent.
The term covers both the act itself and the person who commits it.
Historically, infanticide has occurred across cultures for reasons including poverty, illegitimacy, or the child's sex.
In legal contexts, some jurisdictions treat maternal infanticide as a distinct offense, often with reduced penalties when committed shortly after birth by a mother suffering mental disturbance.
Murdering one's own child
- familicideSlaying one's family members
- sororicideMurdering one's own sister
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- newbornInfant just delivered
State of being unprotected
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
- RomeItaly's capital city
- unwantedNot wished for
dowry · customary · ritual · poverty · famine · illegitimacy · foundling · folklore
Deliberate unlawful killing
- felonySerious criminal offense
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
trial · sentencing · incarceration · indictment · arraignment · criminality · culpability · premeditated
After childbirth period
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- depressionProlonged low state
- maternalOf or like mothers
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
caretaker · psychiatric · neonatal · perinatal · intervention · prevention · screening
Right and wrong principles
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- conscienceInternal moral sense
debate · taboo · stigma · rights · autonomy · sanctity · personhood · culpability
Unable to act independently
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- victimOne harmed by another
powerless · dependent · unprotected · endangered · weak · delicate · feeble · voiceless
filicide
Murdering one's own child
- familicideSlaying one's family members
- sororicideMurdering one's own sister
- offspringBiological descendants produced
exposure
State of being unprotected
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
- RomeItaly's capital city
unwanted · dowry · customary · ritual · poverty · famine · illegitimacy · foundling · folklore
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- felonySerious criminal offense
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
manslaughter · trial · sentencing · incarceration · indictment · arraignment · criminality · culpability · premeditated · malice
postpartum
After childbirth period
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- depressionProlonged low state
- maternalOf or like mothers
perpetrator · caretaker · psychiatric · neonatal · perinatal · intervention · prevention · screening
morality
Right and wrong principles
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
conscience · debate · taboo · stigma · rights · autonomy · sanctity · personhood · culpability · justification
helpless
Unable to act independently
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
victim · powerless · dependent · unprotected · endangered · weak · delicate · feeble · voiceless · blameless
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- wrongdoingscrime, crimes, sin, sins, wrongdoing
- -cide wordsbactericide, germicide, filicide, sororicide, feticide
- historical crimestreason, heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft, piracy
- homicidemurder rate, murder rates, manslaughter, felony murder, second degree murder
- homicide lawmurder charge, manslaughter, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter
infanticidelifesaving
Preserving human existence
pronatalism · childbirth · natalism · procreation · neonatal care
infanticidechild protection
Measures ensuring youth safety
nurturing · infant care · childcare · maternal care · child welfare