Definitions

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  • noun An outcome other than death; a survival.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ death

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Examples

  • ANNE BREMNER, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I think as I look at this the best defense now is to look at a nondeath penalty case.

    CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2009 2009

  • Not the real kidnapping but this functional panic, this total awareness that she could die any moment, which made every nondeath moment something extraordinary?

    One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze 2007

  • According to a state survey, capital cases were 70 percent more expensive than comparable nondeath penalty cases.

    KSBW.com - Local News 2009

  • According to a state survey, capital cases were 70 percent more expensive than comparable nondeath penalty cases.

    TheIndyChannel.com - Local News 2009

  • Turned out my hunch was on target: Stuart Sutcliffe’s death was a nondeath, an elaborate piece of performance art.

    PAUL IS UNDEAD ALAN GOLDSHER 2010

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