Associations to the word «Decease»

Wiktionary

DECEASE, noun. (formal) death
DECEASE, noun. (obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life
DECEASE, verb. (now rare) To die.

Dictionary definition

DECEASE, noun. The event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren".
DECEASE, verb. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin