decease
noun
de·cease di-ˈsēs 
: departure from life : death
decease intransitive verb
Synonyms
- curtains
- death
- demise
- dissolution
- doom
- end
- exit
- expiration
- expiry
- fate
- grave
- great divide
- passage
- passing
- quietus
- sleep
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Example Sentences
He had many debts at the time of his decease. in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties
Word History
Etymology
Middle English deces, from Anglo-French, from Latin decessus departure, death, from decedere to depart, die, from de- + cedere to go
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
decease
noun
de·cease di-ˈsēs
: departure from life : death
decease 1 of 2
noun
as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- death
- demise
- fate
- passing
- dissolution
- doom
- expiration
- grave
- expiry
- sleep
- quietus
- end
- exit
- suicide
- passage
- fatality
- assassination
- great divide
- destruction
- curtains
- casualty
- martyrdom
- ending
- execution
- annihilation
- slaughter
- killing
- extermination
- massacre
- ruin
- self-slaughter
- self-murder
- self-destruction
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- birth
- existence
- life
- rise
- nativity
- creation
- genesis
- origination
decease
2 of 2verb
as in to die
to stop living no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased Synonyms & Similar Words
- die
- perish
- fall
- demise
- expire
- depart
- end
- succumb
- disappear
- part
- pass away
- check out
- exit
- flatline
- fade
- peg out
- pop off
- croak
- predecease
- buy it
- go
- kick off
- step out
- snuff it
- drop
- buy the farm
- kick the bucket
- kick in
- give up the ghost
- pass (on)
- bite the dust
- conk (out)
- fail
- dry up
- consume
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- live
- breathe
- linger
- revive
- subsist
- be
- exist
- prosper
- flourish
- come to
- thrive