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cremation.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
  1. A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

    countable · uncountable
    Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.
Where this word comes from

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

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