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/jˌuθənˈeɪʒə/ /jˌuθənˈeɪʒjə/ Listen

noun

Euthanasia n.

An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." "The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia."

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.

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Etymology of 'Euthanasia'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Euthanasia" Quotes from Famous Books

... lessons, she got next month enough money to buy a shawl, and a bonnet, too—nay, by great ingenuity, another bonnet for Johanna—Hilary could have danced and sang—sang, in the gladness and relief of her heart, the glorious euthanasia of poverty. ...

— Mistress and Maid • Dinah Craik (aka: Miss Mulock)

... 8 Wieland's Euthanasia expresses disbelief in the preservation of personality and consciousness after death. The same ground had been taken in the work published anonymously at Halle in 1775, Plato and Leibnitz jenseits des Styx. See, on the other side of the question, ...

— The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger

... penalty is only passed on from one sinner to another. Whatsoever element of good is left in the Turk, to that we must appeal as our only means, if not of saving him, still of helping him to a quiet euthanasia, and absorption into a worthier race of successors. He is said (I know not how truly) to have one virtue left; that of faithfulness to his word. Only by showing him that we too abhor treachery and bad faith, can we either do him good, or take a safe standing-ground ...

— Alexandria and her Schools • Charles Kingsley