decease
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for decease, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (formal) Death; the end of a person's life.
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Etymology
Comes from Old French deces (Modern French décès), which goes back to Latin dēcessus ("departure").
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