death note

noun

A suicide note; a message written prior to a suicide attempt.

Meanings

noundeath note (plural death notes)

plural death notes

  1. rareA suicide note; a message written prior to a suicide attempt.

    Still interdependent, she appended to his death note, "I cannot face life without Arthur."

    2000, Alan Lee Berman, Morton M. Silverman, Bruce Michael Bongar, Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology, page 228
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