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.
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.
SUICIDICAL
Su`i*cid"i*cal, a.
Defn: Suicidal. [Obs.]
SUICIDISM
Su"i*ci*dism, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. [R.]
SUICISM
Su"i*cism, n. Etym: [L. suus one's own.]
Defn: Selfishness; egoism. [R.] Whitlock.
SUI GENERIS
Su"i gen"e*ris. Etym: [L.]