Definition

Noun: A mutual agreement between two or more individuals to end their own lives together at a predetermined time and place.

Usage

This term is used to describe a specific, premeditated agreement for joint suicide. It is a formal and serious term, typically found in news reports, legal contexts, or psychological discussions.

Examples

• The investigation concluded that the deaths were the result of a suicide pact.
• They had reportedly made a suicide pact years earlier.
• Entering into a suicide pact is a tragic manifestation of shared despair.

Advanced Usage

The concept can be extended metaphorically in political or economic contexts to describe a mutually destructive course of action agreed upon by parties. * The two rival companies, locked in a price war, seemed to be in a kind of economic suicide pact, driving each other toward bankruptcy.

Variants and Related Words

• Pact (n.): A formal agreement between individuals or parties.
• Suicide (n.): The act of intentionally causing one's own death.

Synonyms

• Mutual suicide agreement
• Joint suicide agreement

Notes

• Important Distinction: A "suicide pact" specifically refers to the or itself. The act of carrying it out is described as "committing suicide together" or "a joint suicide."
• This is a sensitive and somber topic. The term should be used with appropriate gravity and context.

Noun

1. an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time
   • the two lovers killed themselves in a suicide pact