Demise

Noun

 * 1)  The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
 * 2) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
 * 3) Death.
 * 4) end (less common, usually in a negative manner)
 * The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.

Verb

 * 1)  To give.
 * 2)  To convey, as by will or lease.
 * 3)  To transmit by inheritance.
 * 4)  To pass by inheritance.
 * 5)  To die.

Adjectives for Demise
speedy; approaching; early; inevitable; heroic; premature; sad; lamented; long-awaited

Synonyms for Demise
death, decease, end, transfer, conveyance, alienation.

Antonyms for Demise
birth, non-alienation.

Related terms

 * demission
 * demit

Thesaurus
abalienation, alienation, amortization, amortizement, annihilation, assignation, assignment, bane, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, biological death, cash in, cessation of life, cession, clinical death, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing, crossing the bar, curtains, death, death knell, debt of nature, decease, deeding, deliverance, delivery, depart, departure, die, disposal, disposition, dissolution, doom, drop, dying, ebb of life, end, end of life, ending, enfeoffment, eternal rest, exchange, exit, expiration, expire, extinction, extinguishment, final summons, finger of death, giving, go, going, going off, grave, hand of death, jaws of death, knell, last debt, last muster, last rest, last roundup, last sleep, lease and release, leaving life, loss of life, making an end, parting, pass, pass away, passing, passing away, passing over, perishing, quietus, release, rest, reward, sale, sentence of death, settlement, settling, shades of death, shadow of death, silence, sleep, somatic death, succumb, summons of death, surrender, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vesting

Etymology
From demissa:, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of demitto:, apparently via  démise:, the feminine singular past participle of démettre:.

Noun

 * Bulgarian: прехвърляне


 * Bulgarian: предаване по наследство


 * Afrikaans: dood
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Polish: zgon, śmierć
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: bàs, caochladh, eug

Anagrams

 * demies