Deceased:

"Decedent" is a term predominantly used in legal, financial, and official documents to refer to a person who has died, emphasizing their role in matters such as inheritance or estate proceedings. " Deceased ," on the other hand, is more versatile, serving both as an adjective to describe someone who has passed away and as a noun in broader contexts, including casual conversation. A. → a more formal word for dead (sense 1) b. (as noun).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video. (Definition of deceased from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) dead, defunct, deceased , departed, late mean devoid of life. dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute (such as energy, activity, radiance) suggesting life. defunct stresses cessation of active existence or operation.