inhumation

Meanings

Plural: inhumations

Noun

• the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
• The act of burial.
• The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
• Arenation.

Synonyms

burial, entombment, interment, sepulture

Antonyms

disinterment, exhumation