Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Putting to death painlessly to end suffering

Euthanasia

The word which means the same as the group of words "putting to death painlessly to end suffering" is euthanasia.

• Altruism means unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
• Blaspheme means to speak sacrilegiously about God or a sacred thing.
• Genocide means the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
• Euthanasia means the act of intentionally ending a person's life to relieve suffering.

The word euthanasia is the most appropriate because it specifically refers to the act of ending a life in a painless way to relieve suffering. The other words do not have the same connotation of mercy.