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decedent

de·ce·dent

UK/dɪˈsiːdənt/ US/dɪˈsi.dənt/ uncommon us

noun

1.

someone who is no longer alive

  • “I wonder what the dead person would have done”
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From Latin decedens, present active participle of decedere (“to depart, die”).

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