DEATHBED Definition & Meaning

deathbed

[ deth-bed ]

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noun

the bed on which a person dies:
The museum contains Lincoln's deathbed.

adjective

of, pertaining to, said, or done during the last few hours of a person's life:
a deathbed confession.

deathbed

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noun

1. the bed in which a person is about to die
2. ( as modifier )
  a deathbed conversion
on one's deathbed
about to die

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Origin of deathbed¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, deathbed is from the Middle English word deethbed. See death, bed

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Idioms and Phrases

on one's deathbed, in the last few hours before death.

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For some, procrastination until the precipice of death inevitably led to a rather stressful process of deathbed absolution.

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“Michael never did any of this, and I’m going to take that to my deathbed.”

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There’s also, per the title, a prophecy, a deathbed vision by Valya’s predecessor of an apocalyptic “red dust” storm that will wipe out … something.

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Although at the time she said she had not yet seen the episode, she expressed gratitude that Steinmetz wasn’t in the scene and that cameras didn’t show her mother on her deathbed.

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“No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”

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