noun.
A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
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noun.
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
noun.
a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored
Word Usage
"She would have been dead for a number of hours, then there would have been post-mortem evidence of signs, such as lividity, discoloration after death, and stiffness after death, and those were not present."