passings
Ends of lives
Passings is the plural of passing, most often referring to deaths: The community mourned the passings of two beloved teachers in the same week.
The word treats death as a transition rather than an end, carrying a gentler tone than "deaths." Less commonly, passings can refer to other instances of something going by: the passings of seasons, the passings of trains through the night.
Period following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- bereavementState following loss
cremation · memorial · wake · coffin · hearse · cemetery · graveyard · tombstone
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
valediction · adieu · au revoir · bon voyage · separation · last words · swan song · saying goodbye
Transfer of control
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- transmissionSending of information
- deliveryConveyance of goods
relay · assignment · transferal · cession · handoff · baton · forwarding · redistribution
To make different
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- shiftMovement or work period
- progressionSequential forward movement
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
transformation · metamorphosis · conversion · alteration · modification · adjustment · adaptation · phase
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- heirloomInherited family treasure
estate · testament · birthright · patrimony · tradition · lineage · succession · benefaction
mourning
Period following loss
bereavement · cremation · memorial · wake · coffin · hearse · cemetery · graveyard · tombstone · pallbearer
goodbye
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
send-off · valediction · adieu · au revoir · bon voyage · separation · last words · swan song · saying goodbye · curtain call
handover
Transfer of control
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- transmissionSending of information
delivery · relay · assignment · transferal · cession · handoff · baton · forwarding · redistribution · reassignment
change
To make different
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- shiftMovement or work period
- progressionSequential forward movement
evolution · transformation · metamorphosis · conversion · alteration · modification · adjustment · adaptation · phase · crossing
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
heirloom · estate · testament · birthright · patrimony · tradition · lineage · succession · benefaction · trust
passingsarrivals
Those who come
comings · approaches · entrances · returns · appearances
passingsbirths
Acts of being born
beginnings · arrivals · emergences · conceptions · inceptions
- passing outTemporary loss of awareness
- passing throughMoving across without staying
- in passingWithout special attention
- passing awayEuphemism for dying
- passing downGiving to successors
- passing onTransferring to someone else