interment

interment

noun

Definition of INTERMENT

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place <a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery>

Synonyms burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture

Related Words embalmment, funeral; immurement, inurnment; reburial, reinterment

Near Antonyms cremation

Antonyms disinterment, exhumation, unearthing