living will

Noun

Meaning

a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

advance directive health care consent form medical directive health care decision document medical directive form health care instructions medical power of attorney health care proxy health care representation agreement healthcare advance directive healthcare decision-making document healthcare directive form healthcare instructions healthcare planning document health care declaration

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Hypernyms

instrument legal document official document legal instrument

Examples

What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave? Emily Brontë

The living will envy the dead. Nikita Khrushchev

you shall above all things be glad and young For if you're young, whatever life you wear it will become you; and if you are glad whatever's living will yourself become. E. E. Cummings

This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. Thomas the Apostle

I have a living will and I have friends, and I have money and I have hope. Terry Pratchett

Who's lazy when living will be lazy when dying. Estonian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

living vehicle living wage living wall living with living without mood disturbances living without oxygen