SU'ICIDE, noun [Latin suicidium; se and coedo, to slay.] 1. Self-murder; the act of designedly destroying one's own life. To constitute suicide the person must be of years of discretion and of sound mind. 2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo de se.
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