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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 dis…

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  1. adv. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder">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.
  2. adv. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
  3. adv. Ruin of one's own interests.
  4. n. the act of killing yourself
  5. n. a person who kills themself intentionally
  6. 1. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder">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. 2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se. 3. Ruin of one's own interests. "Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide." V. Knox.
  7. n:100 n. the act of killing yourself n. a person who kills himself intentionally