A dead person. / (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

No longer alive; dead. / Belonging to the dead.

plural of deceased

plural of deceaser

(law) One who deceases; a person who dies.

present participle of decease

plural of decease

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decease

(now rare) To die.

(formal) Death, departure from life.