defunction
Death.
Noun
- Death.
- Until four hundred one-and-twenty years / After defunction of King Pharamond […] - 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]...
Origin
from Latin dēfūnctiō (“execution, performance, death”), from dēfungor (“to finish, perform, die”).