The name Justine is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Justine is: Just; upright. Feminine of Justin. The name Justine is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Justine is: Just; upright.
For infanticide among animals, see Infanticide (zoology). Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants. Parental infanticide researchers have found that mothers are far more likely than fathers to be the perpetrator for neonaticide and slightly more likely to commit infanticide in general. In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were considered permissible.
1 [mass noun] The crime of a mother killing her child within a year of birth: cases of infanticide often involve extreme emotional disturbance. More example sentences. 1  There are several offences of unlawful homicide: murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing death by dangerous driving.xample sentences. 1  The Euripidean portrait of Medea as an infanticide had roots in the folkloric paradigm of the child-killing demon. 2  Saturn Devouring One of His Sons depicts the graphic and bloody dismemberment of a cannibalistic infanticide. 3  Frenchwomen Ask Clemency for an Infanticide.