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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Euthanasia \Eu`tha*na"si*a\n. [NL., fr Gr ?; ? well + ? death, ?, ?, to die: cf F. euthanasie.] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. ``An euthanasia of all thought.'' --Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: euthanasia n : the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) [syn: {mercy killing}]
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