remains

noun[plural only]4

1. •
   the things that are left of something, often only a small part of the whole

   • He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner.
2. •
   Historical or archaeological relics.
3. •
   The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

   • They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.
   • The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
4. •
   The extant writings of a deceased person.

   • To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.