SUICIDE

I. noun Etymology: Latin sui (genitive) of oneself + English -cide; akin to Old English & Old High German sīn his, Latin suus one's own, sed, se without, Sanskrit sva oneself, one's own Date: 1643 1. the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind, ruin of one's own interests , apoptosis , one that commits or attempts ~, II. adjective Date: 1773 of or relating to ~, III. verb (~d; suiciding) Date: 1841 intransitive verb to commit ~, transitive verb to put (oneself) to death