SUTTEE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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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