Sentence:  "‘<WSD>Death</WSD>,'" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.'" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (Q4)The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.