Meaning of "honour killing" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF HONOUR KILLING

honour killing

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONOUR KILLING

Honour killing is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HONOUR KILLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Honor killing

An honor killing is the homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family or community, usually for reasons such as refusing to enter an arranged marriage, being in a relationship that is disapproved by their relatives, having sex outside marriage, becoming the victim of rape, dressing in ways which are deemed inappropriate, or engaging in homosexual relations. Honor killings are especially targeted against women and homosexuals. The practice, which occurs in various cultures, is universally condemned by human rights organizations.

Definition of honour killing in the English dictionary

The definition of honour killing in the dictionary is a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition.

TRANSLATION OF HONOUR KILLING

Find out the translation of honour killing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of honour killing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honour killing» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 毁誉
• Translator English - Spanish: los crímenes de honor
• English: honour killing
• Translator English - Hindi: सम्मान की हत्या
• Translator English - Arabic: جرائم الشرف
• Translator English - Russian: убийства чести
• Translator English - Portuguese: crime de honra
• Translator English - Bengali: সম্মান গার্ড
• Translator English - French: les crimes d´honneur
• Translator English - Malay: Pengawal kehormatan
• Translator English - German: Ehrenmord
• Translator English - Japanese: 名誉殺人
• Translator English - Korean: 명예 살인
• Translator English - Javanese: Pengawal kamulyan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vinh dự giết chết
• Translator English - Tamil: மரியாதை பாதுகாப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: सन्मान गार्ड
• Translator English - Turkish: Onur muhafızı
• Translator English - Italian: delitto d´onore
• Translator English - Polish: cześć zabijanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вбивства честі
• Translator English - Romanian: onoare uciderea
• Translator English - Greek: εγκλήματα τιμής
• Translator English - Afrikaans: moord om die eer
• Translator English - Swedish: hedersmord
• Translator English - Norwegian: æresdrap

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONOUR KILLING»

Discover the use of honour killing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honour killing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Killing Honour

But his investigations take him into dark and dangerous territory . . . A powerful, hard-hitting teen thriller on the controversial topic of honour killing, by multi-award-winning author Bali Rai.

Bali Rai, 2011

Honour Killing: Dilemma, Ritual, Understanding

This book explores the various contexts in which men commit honour killing in Pakistan, and analyses the discourses that deal with it.

Amir Hamid Jafri, 2008

Honour Killing: Stories of Men Who Killed

A poignant examination of a phenomenon that has gained more attention in the West as the crimes are commited regardless of national boundaries.

Ayşe Önal, 2008

Forbidden Love: A Harrowing True Story of Love and Revenge ...

This text gives a harrowing account by a Jordanian woman of the honour-killing of her lifelong friend at the hands of her own father, after she fell in love with a young Catholic man.

Norma Khouri, 2003

Shamed: The Honour Killing That Shocked Britain – by the ...

Only Sarbjit seemed horrified by her fate. Surrounded by murderers, she knew she had to fight for justice - but how? And at what risk? This is her shocking story.

Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, 2013

Honour on Trial: The Shafia Murders and the Culture of ...

Police begin to suspect that this is a quadruple "honour killing," planned and carried out to wipe away the family's shame caused by the eldest girls.

Paul Schliesmann, 2012

Purified by Blood: Honour Killings Amongst Turks in the ...

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Clementine van Eck, 2003

'Honour' Killing and Violence: Theory, Policy and Practice

It is claimed that a gender-based definition of domestic violence offers a better framework to tackle the forms of VAW, including 'honour killing'. Second, women's organisations have argued that in order to capture the specificity of 'honour ...

Aisha K. Gill, Carolyn Strange, Karl Roberts, 2014

Without Honour: The True Story of the Shafia Family and the ...

In Without Honour, award-winning journalist Rob Tripp draws on three years of exhaustive research and exclusive interviews to make sense of a senseless crime in a way no other writer could.

Rob Tripp, 2013

'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women

Women's struggles against 'honour' crimes in the UK HANNANA SIDDIQUI On 29 September 2003, in what came to be described, particularly by the media and the police, as an 'honour killing', Abdella Yones, an Iraqi Kurd, admitted to ...

Sara Hossain, Lynn Welchman, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONOUR KILLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honour killing is used in the context of the following news items.

'Lovers' found murdered in Batala village; honour killing suspected

In a suspected case of honour killing, the bodies of a young couple were found at Kotli Veran village here on Wednesday. While the boy's body ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

'Honour killings': First national remembrance day for victims - BBC …

Read more. 'Honour killing' victims: First national memorial day. More information ... 2:16. What is an 'honour killing'? 28 October 2014 ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Bournemouth honour killing victim remembered on annual Day of …

A BOURNEMOUTH woman killed by her father will be remembered on a national day for victims of honour based abuse. The first annual Day of ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»

Brave Surrey survivor opens up about honour-based violence

17 years ago, Sarbjit's sister-in-law was murdered in a so-called honour killing by her mother-in-law. She had threatened to leave her unhappy ... «Eagle Radio, Jul 15»

'Honour killing' victims: First national memorial day - BBC News

The first memorial day for victims of so-called honour killings is taking place on Tuesday. It would have been the 29th birthday of Shafilea ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Muslim father 'murders 3 daughters in honour killing'

A Muslim father charged with murdering his three daughters in apparent honour killings has said he would do it again - even if they came back ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

2 more held for teen` s honour killing | Gurgaon NYOOOZ

GURGAON: Two more arrests have been made in the Ulhawas honour killing case. Two people had been arrested on Monday for strangling a ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»

A day after love marriage, woman killed in 'suspected' case of …

Patna: In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman was killed by her brother on Thursday in Bihar a day after she married her lover in a ... «Mid-Day, Jul 15»

'Honour killing': Man strangulates daughter who wanted to marry her …

A 45-year-old man on Wednesday allegedly strangulated his 18-year-old daughter to death in an apparent case of 'honour killing' in ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

Honour killing in Uttar Pradesh: Brother kills minor sister, paramour

A minor girl and her paramour were murdered allegedly by her 19-year-old brother here in an apparent case of honour killing, police said today ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»