LIVING WILL

Pronunciation (US):

 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)