self-deliverationn.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˌlɪvəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˌlɪvəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
The action or fact of a person who is terminally ill or suffering from an incurable condition voluntarily ending his or her own life; suicide viewed as a deliverance from intolerable suffering.Used by advocates of assisted dying to avoid the more negative connotations of suicide, although the term self-deliverance is more common (see self-deliverance n. 2).
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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 214 Taking one's own life..would be more readily comprehended as responsible behavior if it were expressed as ‘self-deliveration’.
1988 E. W. Banister et al. Contemp. Health Issues xiv. 468 The ‘Hemlock Society’ a grass roots American movement promotes ‘self-deliveration from life’ to be legal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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