predecease
Die before another
To predecease someone is to die before they do.
The term appears mainly in legal and formal contexts—wills, estate planning, obituaries: If my spouse predeceases me, the assets go to my children.
A predeceased relative is one who died before the person being discussed: She was predeceased by her husband of forty years.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
intestate · succession · executor · testament · codicil · bequest · inheritance · trust
Cessation of life
- demiseCessation of existence
- passingMoving by or temporary
- expirationEnd of validity
- fatalityDeath from accident
perish · departed · dying · terminal · end-of-life · obituary · posthumous · antemortem
Prior in time
- priorExisting before another
- antecedentSomething that precedes
- precedeCome or go first
- earlierAt a prior time
Married partner
- parentMother or father
- childPerson before puberty
- siblingBrother or sister
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
descendant · kin · lineage · bloodline · patriarch · matriarch · offspring · progeny
State following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
anguish · lamentation · consolation · remembrance · memorial · eulogy · funeral · wake
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
heir · intestate · succession · executor · testament · codicil · bequest · inheritance · trust · survivorship
death
Cessation of life
- demiseCessation of existence
- passingMoving by or temporary
- expirationEnd of validity
fatality · perish · departed · dying · terminal · end-of-life · obituary · posthumous · antemortem
before
Prior in time
- priorExisting before another
- antecedentSomething that precedes
- precedeCome or go first
earlier · preceding · first · order · timing · outlive · survive
spouse
Married partner
ancestor · descendant · kin · lineage · bloodline · patriarch · matriarch · offspring · progeny · forebear
bereavement
State following loss
grief · anguish · lamentation · consolation · remembrance · memorial · eulogy · funeral · wake · tribute