Meaning & use
decease
Death, especially as referred to in formal, legal, or medical contexts.
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The insurance policy pays out to the family upon the policyholder's decease.
The document listed the date and cause of decease for the estate records.
A note on using this word
Decease is formal and mainly appears in legal or official documents; death is the everyday equivalent.
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