decease

Noun

• the event of dying or departure from life
  • her death came as a terrible shock
    
  • upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
    

Verb

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • She died from cancer
    
  • The children perished in the fire
    
  • The patient went peacefully
    
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  death , expiry , die , perish , go , exit , pass away , expire , pass , kick the bucket , cash in one's chips , buy the farm , conk
• Antonyms: 
  birth , nativity , nascency , nascence