Affekt

Mendelssohn says that if “each sensible rapture, each improved condition of the state of our body, fills the soul with the sensible representation of a perfection, then every sensible representation must also, in turn, bring with it some well-being of the body ¦ And in this way a pleasant emotion [Affekt] arises.”

18th Century German Aesthetics Guyer, Paul 2007

The German difference is between Mord and Totschlag - with various shades of aforethoughtness and maliciousness, like the difference between Totschlag and Totschlag im Affekt in the heat of the moment, lol, or 'murder in especially severe circumstances' with an extra degree of cold bloodedness and violence.

The English Resistance: The Underground War Against the Normans Carla 2006