What is euthanasia?

Question

What is euthanasia?

Answer 1

young people in China

Answer 2

It is to kill something to put it out of misery.

Answer 3

Euthanasia is considered to be the deliberate action by a physician or other individual with the intent to end another's life for benevolent motives, such as the relief of suffering. The act is performed with the explicit consent of a competent adult.

Answer 4

In simple terms, helping/letting someone die out of sympathy. Dictionary.com lists it as:

1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition.  

2. painless death.