resign your spirit

resign your spirit
   obsolete
   to die
   The usage seems to discount the prospect of reincarnation:
    Resigned her Spirit to Him who gave it on the 13th day of March 1818. (memorial in Bath Abbey)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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