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SUTTEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("suttee" is a kind of...):
self-annihilation; self-destruction; suicide (the act of killing yourself)
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