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decedent

/dɪˈsiːdənt/US/dɪˈsi.dənt/

decedent noun: a dead person.

Noun

decedent (plural decedents)

  1. (US) A dead person.
    • “A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent’s name,” the coroner’s notes said, according to TMZ.com.2009 December 22, New York Post, “‘Dangerous drug mix’ likely killed Brittany”, in The Herald Sun
    • A 2020 study found that MAiD recipients in Ontario tended to be wealthier, less likely to be in institutional care, and more likely to be married than the average Ontario decedent.2023 January 10, Sara Miller Llana, Whitney Eulich, Dominique Soguel, “As assisted dying broadens, countries wrestle with new ethical lines”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Adjective

decedent (not comparable)

  1. Removing; departing; deceased.
    • satisfy every claimant upon the estate of a decedent person1846, Pennsylvania Law Journal, volume 5

decedent meaning in Tamil and Kannada

decedent in Tamil

இறந்தவர்

decedent in Kannada

ಸತ್ತವನು

Forms of decedent

pluraldecedents

Origin of decedent

From Latin decedens, present active participle of decedere (“to depart, die”).

Questions about decedent

What does decedent mean?
Decedent means a dead person.
What is decedent in Tamil?
Decedent in Tamil is இறந்தவர். See Decedent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decedent?
Decedent can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce decedent?
Decedent is pronounced /dɪˈsiːdənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of decedent?
The plural of decedent is decedents.

Words near decedent in the dictionary

  1. deceaved
  2. deceaves
  3. deceaving
  4. decede
  5. deceded
  6. decedent
  7. decedents
  8. decedes
  9. deceding
  10. deceipt
  11. deceiptful

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: decedent (page history and authors); decedent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decedent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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