self-deliverancen.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈlɪv(ə)rəns/, /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈlɪv(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈlɪv(ə)rəns/ 1. Chiefly in religious contexts: the deliverance or liberation of oneself from a controlling force, as temptation, sin, etc.
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1657 O. Sedgwick Riches of Grace 21 He [sc. Christ] knocks at..the conscience of man by strong troubles and despair of self-deliverance.
?1778 T. Green Disc. Impressing of Mariners 85 When he..suffers an involuntary punishment.., to affix a severe penalty on his self-deliverance from it, is..unjustifiable.
1841 Universalist & Ladies' Repository May 466/1 He possessed the power of self-deliverance from the temptations that thronged his career.
1906 G. A. Gordon Through Man to God i. 12 This power of self-deliverance is the best gift that the universe has bestowed on..man.
1953 Times 6 Apr. 4/4 We have learnt for so long not to trust to man's powers of self-deliverance or will to reject evil.
2012 Jrnl. World Christianity 5 99 The swaying and staggering..symbolize for members the entrance of the Holy Spirit. The last two stages signify the climax of the self-deliverance rituals when exorcism takes place.
2. The action or fact of a person who is terminally ill or suffering from an incurable condition voluntarily ending his or her own life, (sometimes) spec. with the assistance of another person; suicide viewed as a deliverance from intolerable suffering. Cf. self-deliveration n.Used by advocates of assisted dying to avoid the more negative connotations of suicide.
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the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [noun] > types of
sati1806
satiism1828
hara-kiri1856
junshi1871
seppuku1871
ritual suicide1903
murder-suicide1904
autocide1923
mass suicide1937
doctor-assisted suicide1975
self-deliverance1975
self-deliveration1975
assisted suicide1976
suicide by cop1986
bullycide2001
1975 M. R. Barrington in M. Kohl Beneficent Euthanasia 245 Deliveration, compassionate complicity in suicide. Deliverance, administration of compassionate euthanasia to a volunteer. Self-deliverance, accession to deliverance. Self-deliveration, suicide where deliveration has or might have been given.
1975 Incurable Patients Bill (H.L. Bill 21) 47/2 Self-deliverance to be regarded as death by misadventure.
1980 Daily 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’.
1994 Guardian 25 Jan. i. 4/7 Final Exit..looks at methods of self-deliverance.
2003 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 13 Mar. a6 The Oregon program has been helping people who choose self-deliverance for over three years with no problems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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