English noun: expiry | |||
1. | expiry (time) a coming to an end of a contract period | ||
Samples | The expiry of his driver's license. | ||
Synonyms | expiration, termination | ||
Broader (hypernym) | end, ending | ||
2. | expiry (event) the event of dying or departure from life | ||
Samples | Her death came as a terrible shock. Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren. | ||
Synonyms | death, decease | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | departure, exit, expiration, fatality, going, human death, loss, martyrdom, megadeath, passing, release, wrongful death | ||
Instance hyponym | Crucifixion | ||
Antonyms | nascence, nascency, nativity, birth | ||