Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

living will

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.27 in modern English

Syllables
liv-ing will
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.

Inflected Forms

living wills (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

DNR

Synonyms

advance directive

Questions

What does living will mean?
A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.

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