cremation

cremate

(krē′māt″, kri-māt′) [L. cremare, to burn to ashes]

To reduce a dead body to ash by burning.

cremation (kri-mā′shŏn)

cremation

Disposal of bodies by burning. Nowadays, the great majority of people dying in Britain are cremated. In most historic traditions, cremation was considered more honourable than burial.