Associations to the word «Deceased»

Wiktionary

DECEASED, adjective. No longer alive
DECEASED, adjective. Belonging to the dead.
DECEASED, adjective. (legal): One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
DECEASED, noun. A dead person
DECEASED, noun. (plural deceased) dead people
DECEASED, noun. (legal): One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Dictionary definition

DECEASED, noun. Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done".
DECEASED, adjective. Dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats