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cremation

nounattested in dialogue

  • //kɹɪˈmeɪʃən//

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

noun

  1. 1

    A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

    Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.

Forms

plural
cremations
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