demise

de-mise · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person's death (formal or euphemistic).

  2. 2.

    The end or failure of an enterprise, institution, or situation.

  3. 3.

    To transfer or convey property by will or lease.

Related words

Antonyms: beginning, birth, creation, rise
See also: death, decline, downfall, end
Synonyms: death, downfall, end, passing, termination

Etymology

From Anglo-French demis, past participle of demettre (to dismiss), from Latin dimittere meaning "to send away," from dis- (away) + mittere (to send). Originally a legal term for the transfer of property at death, it came to mean death itself.