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interment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of interment

burial, burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Words Related to interment

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment
Near Antonyms of interment

cremation
Antonyms of interment

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

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