释义 |
self-deˈliverance [self- 1 a.] Suicide by an incurable patient who finds his suffering intolerable. This euphemism is not yet (1982) in wide currency. The related expression self-deliveration has also been used.
1975M. R. Barrington in M. Kohl Beneficent Euthanasia 214 Taking one's own life..would be more readily comprehended as responsible behavior if it were expressed as ‘self-deliveration’. Ibid. 245 Self-deliverance, accession to deliverance. Self-deliveration, suicide where deliveration has or might have been given. 1975Hansard Lords 4 Dec. 47/2 Self-deliverance to be regarded as death by misadventure. 1980Daily Tel. 12 Aug. 6/2 The decision not to publish [a guide to suicide] would mean ‘tragedy and continued distress..for many who wish to bring about their own self-deliverance’. |