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Webster 1913 Edition


Suicide

Su′i-cide

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Suicide

SU'ICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. suicidium; se and coedo, to slay.]
1.
Self-murder; the act of designedly destroying one's own life. To constitute suicide, the person must be of years of discretion and of sound mind.
2.
One guilty of self-murder; a felo de se.

Definition 2024


suïcide

suïcide

See also: suicide and suicidé

Dutch

Noun

suïcide f (plural suïcides)

  1. suicide

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