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decease

decease

36 8.8
An event when someone dies, used in legal papers
  • noun
  • /dɪˈsiːs/
  • Formal
translation icon : fallecimiento
  • Scodel argues that the "poetic epitaph's changing representations of the deceased are inseparable from changing relations among the living."

Examples

  • Were these photographs of the deceased made by you?

    Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

  • All units, be advised that the deceased is an African American female in her 70s.

    Child's Play (2019)

  • - Trying to make the deceased a person, not just a name, Your Honor.

    The Coverup (2008)

  • I take it the deceased is in that vehicle over there?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The identity of the deceased is hoped to be known in the coming weeks.

    If You're Gone (2019)

  • I'm sure the deceased would agree with me right now if he could.

    Violet (2020)

  • The last detail to be managed is the deceased's body position.

    Bernie (2012)

  • It seems the deceased was working for them.

    The Perfect Host (2010)

  • Funerals were always performed by members of the deceased's family, a significant test of their strength, stamina, and solidarity.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • At the funeral, family and friends gathered to honor the memory of the deceased.

Synonyms

death
vsdecease
∞ 1.0

The end of a living thing's life

is the formal or legal term for that event

Antonyms

birth
313 1.0

The start of something new, for example a life or an era

Surface Forms

decease singular
deceases plural

Etymology

Decease comes from the Latin verb decedere and the noun decessus, which mean 'to go away' or 'a going away'. In old legal language that idea of 'going away' became a formal word for 'death', so decease means the event of someone dying.