Give the one word substitution of 'the act of killing a person painlessly for reasons of mercy'.
Euthanasia (Greek 'good death') is the painless killing of a person, usually one suffering from an incurable illness, out of mercy. To expiate is to atone for a wrong, an…
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Give the one word substitution of 'the act of killing a person painlessly for reasons of mercy'.
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Euthanasia (Greek 'good death') is the painless killing of a person, usually one suffering from an incurable illness, out of mercy.
To expiate is to atone for a wrong, an epitaph is an inscription on a tomb, and to eradicate is to root out or destroy completely.
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