departed

adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must

not allow a stranger into the house when your mother

is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed

guests" [syn: {away(p)}, {gone(p)}, {departed(a)}]

2: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone

times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a

departed era" [syn: {bygone}, {bypast}, {foregone}, {gone}]

3: (euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"

[syn: {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {deceased},

{gone}]

n : someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead

person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul},

{deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}]