defunction

English

Noun

defunction (countable and uncountable, plural defunctions)

1. (obsolete) Death.
   • Shakespeare

     Until four hundred one-and-twenty years / After defunction of King Pharamond […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:death

Antonyms

• existence, life
• birth

Related terms

• defunct

Translations

death

• Catalan: defunció (ca) f
• French: défunction (fr) f
• Japanese: 死 (ja) (shi), 消滅 (ja) (shōmetsu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: defunción (es) f

References

• “defunction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• functioned