Euthanasia
Pronunciation : Eu`tha*na"si*a n.
Etymology : [NL., fr. Gr. euthanasie.]
Definition : Defn: An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913