1.  expiry(n = noun.time) expiration, termination - a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"
is a kind of end, ending

2.  expiry(n = noun.event) death, decease - the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
is a kind of alteration, change, modification
has particulars: fatality, human death, martyrdom, megadeath, departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release, wrongful death

   Expiration. [1913 Webster]
"He had to leave at the expiry of the term." [1913 Webster]
"The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term." [1913 Webster]

expiry, n.
1 the end of the validity or duration of something.
2 death.

N  end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.