assisted suicide

1. suicide facilitated by another person, especially a physician, who organizes the logistics of the suicide, as by providing the necessary quantities of a poison.

Word History and Origins

Origin of assisted suicide¹

1975–80

Example Sentences

Assisted dying, or assisted suicide as many critics prefer to call it, remains illegal in most of the world.

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And now, the Commons has backed a change in the law in England and Wales to allow assisted dying, or, as some opponents call it, assisted suicide.

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Deaths covered by the assisted suicide bill would not need to be investigated by a coroner.

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The right to die is controversial in America — euthanasia is legal in only 10 states, and Washington, D.C. — but euthanasia and assisted suicide are permitted in Spain.

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Right To Life UK campaigns on issues such as abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

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Related Words

• assisted dying