demise
noun
[ dɪˈmʌɪz ]
• a person's death.
• "Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise"
Similar:
death,
dying,
passing,
passing away,
passing on,
loss of life,
expiry,
expiration,
end,
departure from life,
final exit,
decease,
quietus,
• conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease.
demise
verb
• convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease.
• "the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French desmettre ‘dismiss’, (in reflexive) ‘abdicate’, based on Latin dimittere (see dismiss).
