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Euthanasia   Listen
noun
Euthanasia  n.  
1.
An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." "The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia."
2.
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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"Euthanasia" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Euthanasia" :   mercy killing, putting to death


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