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Obit

Death; decease; the date of one's death.

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Necrology 92% connected

An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Obituary 92% connected

That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a perso…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Annat noun · 78% connection

A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

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Antedate noun · 78% connection

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

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Balance sheet noun · 78% connection

a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

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Coroner noun · 78% connection

An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…

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Date noun · 78% connection

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Date of reference noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is…

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De- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to…

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Deadly adjective · 78% connection

Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

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Death's-head noun · 78% connection

A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.

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Deceased imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Decease

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Deceasing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Decease

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Demise noun · 78% connection

The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.

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Departure noun · 78% connection

Removal from the present life; death; decease.

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Dowager noun · 78% connection

A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought…

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End noun · 78% connection

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

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Epoch noun · 78% connection

An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, ar…

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Execution noun · 78% connection

A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

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Executor noun · 78% connection

The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.

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