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suicide note en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A message, usually a written note, left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide, usually explaining the reason for the suicide.
   • Twice I bought barbiturate pills, enough to finish anyone, and once I wrote a suicide note. 1950, Elliot Paul, Springtime in Paris, page 285:
   • In any event, in this round-robin of personal memories, this prolix suicide note is as close to a catamnestic report — that is, a patient history from Arthur himself as we are able to get. 2004, Edwin S. Shneidman, Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind, page 8:
   • Park left a suicide note to efface his trail and vanished - to turn up here the next day as Bonnie's grandfather. 1938, Ellery Queen, The Four of Hearts:

Forms

Synonyms

suicide letter

Translations (17)

ro bilet de adio (message left by a suicide) · az intihar qeydi (message left by a suicide) · az intihar kağızı (message left by a suicide) · tr intihar notu (message left by a suicide) · de Abschiedsbrief (message left by a suicide) · fr lettre d'adieu (message left by a suicide) · it lettera d'addio (message left by a suicide) · pl list pożegnalny (message left by a suicide) · ja 遺書 (message left by a suicide) · cmn 遺書 /遗书 (message left by a suicide) · sv självmordsbrev (message left by a suicide) · no avskjedsbrev (message left by a suicide) · fi itsemurhaviesti (message left by a suicide) · hu búcsúlevél (message left by a suicide) · nl zelfmoordbrief (message left by a suicide) · ru предсме́ртная запи́ска (message left by a suicide) · az intihar məktubu (message left by a suicide)