Main Entry: ¹sui·cide

Pronunciation: \ˈsü-ə-ˌsīd\

Function: 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 a : 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 b : ruin of one's own interests <political suicide> c : apoptosis <cell suicide>
2 : one that commits or attempts suicide