decease

Definition

Death, departure from life.

Etymology

From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).

Example Sentences

• "So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again after yourself's decease […]"
• "I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease."