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debt of nature

noun

Definitions

  1. Death, seen as an obligation that all living creatures must eventually pay.

    • Ten years after he had seen his son married^([sic]), become a church member, and give up his carnal delights, old Deacon Smith paid the debt of nature. His last days he always called his best days.

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