Usually means: Merciful ending of life painlessly.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word euthanasia:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. euthanasia: Merriam-Webster
  2. euthanasia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. euthanasia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. euthanasia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. euthanasia: Vocabulary.com
  6. Euthanasia, euthanasia: Wordnik
  7. euthanasia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. euthanasia: Wiktionary
  9. euthanasia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. euthanasia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. euthanasia: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. euthanasia: Dictionary.com
  13. euthanasia: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. euthanasia: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Euthanasia (animal), Euthanasia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Euthanasia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. euthanasia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. euthanasia: Rhymezone
  19. Euthanasia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. euthanasia: FreeDictionary.org
  21. euthanasia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. euthanasia: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. euthanasia: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. euthanasia: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. euthanasia: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. euthanasia: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. euthanasia: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. euthanasia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. euthanasia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Euthanasia: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. euthanasia: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. euthanasia: Medical dictionary
  8. Euthanasia: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Euthanasia: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Euthanasia: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See euthanasias as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.
noun:  (euphemistic, especially Nazism) The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person.
noun:  (obsolete) An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death.

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