deceasing
Breathing one's last
Deceasing is the act of dying.
The word appears almost exclusively in legal and formal documents—wills, estate planning, insurance policies—where the deceasing of the policyholder triggers specific provisions.
In ordinary speech, people say dying instead.
Near death, failing
- expiringCeasing to be valid
- perishingIn process of dying
- succumbingCeasing to resist
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
terminal · passing away · final breath · deathbed · slipping away · end-of-life · palliative · euthanasia
Cannot be undone
- inevitableCertain to occur
- finalLast and decisive
- permanentFixed without end
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
conclusive · irrevocable · last · end · expiration · extinction · departure · cessation
Service honoring the dead
- cremationBurning the deceased
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- intermentPutting a body underground
- wakePath left in water
memorial · eulogy · obituary · requiem · hearse · pallbearer · casket · urn
State following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
anguish · lamentation · woe · desolation · emptiness · bereft · orphaned · widowed
moribund
Near death, failing
- expiringCeasing to be valid
- perishingIn process of dying
- succumbingCeasing to resist
fading · terminal · passing away · final breath · deathbed · slipping away · end-of-life · palliative · euthanasia · languishing
irreversible
Cannot be undone
- inevitableCertain to occur
- finalLast and decisive
- permanentFixed without end
ultimate · conclusive · irrevocable · last · end · expiration · extinction · departure · cessation
funeral
Service honoring the dead
wake · memorial · eulogy · obituary · requiem · hearse · pallbearer · casket · urn · shroud
bereavement
State following loss
heartache · anguish · lamentation · woe · desolation · emptiness · bereft · orphaned · widowed · consolation
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- estateProperty and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
probate · legacy · succession · bequest · testament · survivor · afterlife · hereafter
deceasingbeing born
Starting to exist
birthing · coming into being · arriving · emerging · originating
deceasingliving
Currently having breath
surviving · coming alive · thriving · flourishing · reviving