decease
noun/dɪˈsiːs/
/dɪˈsiːs/
[uncountable] (law or formal)- the death of a personWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French deces, from Latin decessus ‘death’, past participle (used as a noun) of decedere ‘to die’.
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