[じひさつ, jihisatsu] (n) (See 安楽死) mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Euthanasia \Eu`tha*na"si*a\n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; e'y^ well + ?
death, ?, ?, to die: cf. F. euthanasie.]
1. An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An
euthanasia of all thought." --Hazlitt.
[1913 Webster]
The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia.
--Arbuthnot.
2. the act or process of putting to death for humane
purposes; -- used to refer to the killing of animals in
order to relieve or avoid pain.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
euthanasia
n 1: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone
suffering from an incurable illness) [syn: {euthanasia},
{mercy killing}]
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