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Meanings of take one's own life in English

To end one's own life purposefully.

Usage of take one's own life in English
1
For it does need a strong dash of heroism to take one's own life.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
2
To take one's own life is a sin, that is if the person is in his right mind.
The Key to Peace
3
She had been taught that it was wicked to take one's own life, and that God was always kind.
A Spinner in the Sun
4
If there is a legal right to take one's own life, there is no constitutional right, Michael Cush SC argued.
The Irish Times
5
He doesn't believe in God, or that it is wrong to take one's own life, and he says he never wanted children.
Australia Felix
6
The absolute ban on assisted suicide under Irish law would be "illogical" if there was a right to take one's own life.
The Irish Times