Definition of MORTALITY

mortality

Plural: mortalities

Noun

  • the quality or state of being mortal
  • the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
  • The state or quality of being mortal.
  • The state of being susceptible to death.
  • The state or quality of being mortal.
  • The quality of being punishable by death.
  • The state or quality of being mortal.
  • The quality of causing death.
  • The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
  • Deaths resulting from an event (such as a war, epidemic or disaster).
  • The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
  • The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.
  • Death.
  • Mortals collectively.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity.

Synonyms

death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate, (the) bane, (the) end, casualty rate, celestial transfer, crash, deadliness, death, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise, dirt nap, doom, downfall, exit, expiration, fall, fatality, humanity, humankind, lethality, liquidation, mankind, mortality, quietus, repose, sleep of the just, sunset, the big sleep

Antonyms

immortality

Scrabble Score: 14

mortality: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
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mortality: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

mortality: valid Words With Friends Word