Meanings
nounassisted dying (uncountable)
- uncountableThe administration of medical procedures to hasten an individual's death; a legal form of assisted suicide.
I finished ECT in August 2020, and after a period of accepting there was no more treatment, I applied for assisted dying in December that year. It’s a long and complicated process. It’s not like you ask for assisted dying on a Monday and you’re dead by Friday.
2024 May 16, Harriet Sherwood, quoting Zoraya ter Beek, “Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Catalan mort assistida
- mort assistidaTranslations
Danish assisteret død
- assisteret dødTranslations
French mort assistée
- mort assistéeTranslations
German Sterbehilfe
- SterbehilfeTranslations
Italian morte assistita
- morte assistitaTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål assistert død
- assistert dødTranslations
Polish wspomagane umieranie
- wspomagane umieranieTranslations
Portuguese morte assistida
- morte assistidaTranslations
Spanish muerte asistida
- muerte asistidaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
assisted dying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assisted%20dying
MLA
“assisted dying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assisted%20dying. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assisted dying,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assisted%20dying.
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