demise
One's ultimate conclusion
Demise is death, especially of a person of importance or status: the demise of the king, her sudden demise.
The word carries a formal or euphemistic tone.
By extension, demise describes the end of anything—an institution, relationship, or era: the demise of the newspaper industry, the demise of their marriage.
In legal contexts, demise refers to the transfer of property, especially by lease or will.
Service honoring the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- bereavementState following loss
- coffinBurial container for remains
casket · morgue · mortuary · cremation · interment · graveyard · tombstone · corpse
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- cessationA full stopping
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- closureSense of emotional resolution
expiration · discontinuation · wind-up · shutdown · stoppage · dissolution · finality · completion
Period following loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
memorial · eulogy · tribute · farewell · sorrow · lamentation · consolation
Sudden loss of power
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- fallDescend under gravity
- failureLack of success
- implosionViolent collapse inward
breakdown · destruction · undoing · foundering · crash · wreckage · catastrophe · debacle
Process of declining quality
- downfallSudden loss of power
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- degradationDecline in condition
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
wane · ebb · atrophy · downturn · slump · weakening · fading · descent
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
bequeath · beneficiary · succession · conveyance · transfer · property · heir · testament
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- bereavementState following loss
coffin · casket · morgue · mortuary · cremation · interment · graveyard · tombstone · corpse · cadaver
termination
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- cessationA full stopping
- finaleConcluding part of performance
closure · expiration · discontinuation · wind-up · shutdown · stoppage · dissolution · finality · completion · sunset
mourning
Period following loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
remembrance · memorial · eulogy · tribute · farewell · sorrow · lamentation · consolation
downfall
Sudden loss of power
implosion · breakdown · destruction · undoing · foundering · crash · wreckage · catastrophe · debacle
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- downfallSudden loss of power
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- degradationDecline in condition
degeneration · wane · ebb · atrophy · downturn · slump · weakening · fading · descent · diminishment
estate
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
executor · bequeath · beneficiary · succession · conveyance · transfer · property · heir · testament
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, wind down, disintegration
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, death certificate
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- lossesblood loss, hair loss, hearing loss, job loss, memory loss
- misfortunesdisaster, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, misery
demisesurvival
Remaining alive against odds
existence · life · continuance · persistence · prolongation
demisefounding
Creating an organization originally
establishment · inception · creation · institution · launch