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noun

(1) A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that they should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness

"After he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will"

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A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, expressing his 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.