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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of killing yourself;
- Example: "it is a crime to commit suicide"
[syn: suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation]

2. a person who kills himself intentionally;
[syn: suicide, felo-de-se]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suicide \Su"i*cide\, n. [L. sui of one's self (akin to suus one's own) + caedere to slay, to kill. Cf. So, adv., Homicide.] 1. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind. [1913 Webster] 2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se. [1913 Webster] 3. Ruin of one's own interests. "Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide." --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

suicide n 1: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" [syn: suicide, self-destruction, self- annihilation] 2: a person who kills himself intentionally [syn: suicide, felo-de-se]