Definition

1. Noun:
   • The bed on which a person dies: The physical bed or place where a person spends their final moments of life.
   • The last few hours before death: The final period of a person's life, often implying a time for final words, confessions, or farewells.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She gathered her family at her father's deathbed. (She gathered her family at the bed where her father was dying.)
  • On his deathbed, he confessed to the crime. (In the last hours before his death, he confessed to the crime.)

Advanced Usage

• "Deathbed confession": A confession or revelation made by someone when they are dying.
  • The will was changed based on a deathbed confession.
• "Deathbed repentance": A sincere regret or change of heart expressed by someone who is dying, often regarding their past actions or beliefs.
  • His deathbed repentance brought some comfort to the family.

Variants and Related Words

• Deathbed conversion (n): A change in religious faith or belief made by someone on their deathbed.
  • Historians debate the sincerity of the king's deathbed conversion.

Synonyms

• Final hours: The concluding period of life.
• Mortal bed: A literary term for the bed on which one dies.

Related Phrases

• To be on one's deathbed: To be in the process of dying.
  • The old man has been on his deathbed for a week.

Noun

1. the bed on which a person dies
2. the last few hours before death