letting someone die without helping
Archaic term for deliberately not helping someone in mortal danger, akin to 'abandonment to death'. Compare 見殺し (みごろし), which is more common in modern Japanese.
See also: 見殺し
In old documents, letting someone die without helping is recorded as a serious crime.
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic term.
Variant spelling without okurigana.
Compound of 捨て (すて, 'throwing away') + 殺し (ごろし, 'killing'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term likely originated in older legal or moral contexts.