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living wills

living wills is the plural of living will.

Meaning of living will

Noun

living will (plural living wills)

  1. 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.

Questions about living wills

What is living wills the plural of?
Living wills is the plural of living will.

Words near living wills in the dictionary

  1. living wage
  2. living wages
  3. living wall
  4. living walls
  5. living will
  6. living wills
  7. living with
  8. living with one's wife's family
  9. living with oneself
  10. living within oneself
  11. living-dining room

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