last wishes
Deathbed expressed desires
Last wishes are a dying person's final requests—what they want done after death regarding their body, possessions, or memorial.
The phrase carries moral weight; honoring someone's last wishes feels obligatory: His last wish was to be cremated and scattered at sea.
Extended to non-death contexts, it can mean any final request before departure: Any last wishes before I go?
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- dying wishPlea made near death
- deathbedDying person's resting place
- prayerAddress to deity
farewell · living will · reconciliation · advance directive · do not resuscitate · end of life · closure · apology · unfinished business · peace of mind · codicil · forgiveness · goodbye · guardianship · keepsake · final words · say goodbye · executor
- estate planningexecutor, trust, beneficiary, will, probate
- probateexecutor, probate court, probate, beneficiary, executors
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- euthanasiaeuthanasia, assisted suicide, assisted dying, aid in dying, voluntary euthanasia