(creationism, pseudoscience) The discredited theory that the speed of light has decreased over time, proposed by creationists in order to support the belief that the universe is a few thousand years old even though there are objects visible today that are billions of light years away (whereas a constant speed of light would indicate that the universe is billions of years old and so contradict this belief).

No longer alive; dead. / Belonging to the dead.

A dead person. / (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

(transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle / (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation

Deliberately misleading or cheating. / Deceptive, two-faced.

(intransitive) To break up camp and move on. / (intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.

(transitive, literally) To remove the head of. / (transitive, figuratively) To oust or destroy the leadership or ruling body of (a government etc.).

Characterized by moral or cultural decline. / Luxuriously self-indulgent.

A person affected by moral decay.

(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.