LIVING WILL
Dictionary entry overview: What does living will mean? • LIVING WILL (noun)
The noun LIVING WILL has 1 sense:
1. a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that they should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness
Familiarity information: LIVING WILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LIVING WILL (noun)
Meaning:
A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that they should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will
Hypernyms ("living will" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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