dying wish
Final heartfelt plea
A dying wish is a final request made by someone who is near death or believes death is imminent.
The phrase carries special moral weight—dying wishes are traditionally honored out of respect for the dying person: His dying wish was to see his grandchildren one last time.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for any deeply held final request.
- finalLast and decisive
- last wordsTerminal utterance
- deathbedDying person's resting place
- legacyWhat's passed down
- lastFinal in sequence
request · testament · farewell · regret · confession · make amends · promise · goodbye · passing · terminal · life support · end of life · hospice · whisper · longing · unfinished · unfinished business · reconciliation
- literary deathdeath scene, deathbed, corpse, funeral, grave
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- tearjerker elementstearjerker, tragedy, loss, grief, heartbreak
- deathbedlast breath, last words, final moments, final breath, last rites
- willstestator, last will, testament, codicil, bequest
- emotional tropestragedy, romance, drama, love story, tearjerker
dying wishbirth announcement
Notice of newborn's arrival
New Year's resolution · childhood dream · life goal · first words
dying, wish, dies, wishes, wished, wishing, wishful, wishfully