捨すて殺ごろし

noun

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

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、捨すて殺ごろしは重おもい罪つみと記しるされている。

  In old documents, letting someone die without helping is recorded as a serious crime.