FATALITY

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitat-, fatalitas, from Latin fatalis Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of causing death or destruction, the quality or condition of being destined for disaster, something established by fate, 3. fate 1, fatalism , the agent or agency of fate, 5. death resulting from a disaster, one that experiences a fatal outcome