last wish
Dying person's hope
A last wish is the final request or desire of someone who is dying or facing death.
The phrase carries moral weight—honoring a last wish is widely considered an obligation: Her last wish was to see the ocean one more time.
In fairy tales and fantasy, a last wish may be the final of three wishes granted by a magical being.
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- funeral ritesCustoms for honoring deceased
- legacyWhat's passed down
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- peace of mindState without anxiety
dying breath · mortality · executor · reconciliation · forgiveness · hope · deathbed · end of life · unfinished business · memorialization · farewell · regret · love · final goodbye · final words · epitaph · impermanence · inheritance
- uplifting storiessuccess story, comeback story, underdog story, redemption story, survival story
- farewellsgoodbye, farewell, bye, adieu, bye-bye
- firstsfirst, initial, beginning, start, opening