1. An ancient tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image
   - honor killing [US]

Derived forms: honour killings

Type of: homicide

Encyclopedia: Honour killing

• unseemliness
• unseemly
• unseen
• unsegmented
• unsegregated
• unselected
• unselective
• unselfconscious
• unselfconsciously
• unselfconsciousness
• unselfish
• unselfishly
• unselfishness
• unsensational
• unsensible
• unsent
• unsentimental
• unsentimentally
• unserviceable
• unservile
• unset
• unsettle
• unsettled
• unsettlement
• unsex