Suicide

  • 41suicide — Synonyms and related words: aborticide, car of Jagannath, disembowelment, felo de se, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, hara kiri, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, mass suicide, matricide, microbicide, parricide, patricide …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 42SUICIDE —    most RELIGIONS discourage people from taking their own lives and the act is uncompromisingly condemned in the ABRAMIC RELIGIONS. Classical HINDUISM also opposed the practice but JAINISM and some FORMS of BUDDHISM allow for RITUAL suicide while …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 43suicide — su•i•cide [[t]ˈsu əˌsaɪd[/t]] n. v. cid•ed, cid•ing 1) the intentional taking of one s own life 2) destruction of one s own interests or prospects: financial suicide[/ex] 3) a person who intentionally takes his or her own life 4) to commit… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44suicide —    This word (from the Latin sui, meaning of oneself, and cidium, meaning killing ) refers to the deliberate taking of one s own life. Although suicide is a grave offense against God, it is often a result of mental disorders, which diminish… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 45SUICIDE — s. m. Action de celui qui se tue lui même. Les suicides deviennent fréquents. La religion, la morale, défendent le suicide.   Il se dit aussi de Celui qui se tue lui même. Autrefois le corps des suicides était traîné sur la claie …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 46suicide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. self destruction, self ruin; felo de se, harakiri. See killing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. self murder, self slaughter, self destruction, hara kiri, seppuku, suttee; see also death 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 47suicide — su·i·cide || suːɪsaɪd n. act of intentionally taking one s own life; act of destroying one s own interests; one who commits suicide …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48suicide —    There is some confusion about the burial of suicides, reflecting the fact that legally they were criminals if sane, but not if the balance of mind was disturbed . Up to 1823, those found guilty of the crime were given a degrading burial in the …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 49Suicide au Québec — Suicide Pour les articles homonymes, voir Suicide (homonymie). Le suicidé, par Édouard Manet …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 50Suicide intervention — is a direct effort to prevent person(s) from attempting to take ones own life intentionally or voluntary through self destructive behaviour such as; hanging ones self, cutting wrists, (Webster, n.d). “Suicide rates vary throughout the world, but… …

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