About The Word Suicide
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Suicide
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What's The Definition Of Suicide?
[n] the act of killing yourself
[n] a person who kills himself intentionally Synonyms | Synonyms for Suicide: felo-de-se | self-annihilation | self-destruction Related Terms | Find terms related to Suicide: See Also | assisted suicide | felo-de-se | harakiri | hara-kiri | harikari | kill | killer | killing | putting to death | slayer | suttee Suicide In Webster's Dictionary \Su"i*cide\, n. [L. sui of one's self (akin to suus
one's own) + caedere to slay, to kill. Cf. {So}, adv.,
{Homicide}.]
1. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and
intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the
felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and
intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of
years of discretion and of sound mind.
2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
3. Ruin of one's own interests. ``Intestine war, which may be
justly called political suicide.'' --V. Knox.
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