HyperDic: suttee

English > 1 sense of the word suttee:
NOUNactsutteethe act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
English > suttee: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.
Broadersuicide, self-destruction, self-annihilationThe act of killing yourself

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