What does "cremation" mean?

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

What is a synonym for "cremation"?

Common synonyms include: ashes, blazing, blistering, branding, burning, burning.

Pronounced //kɹɪˈmeɪʃən//.

/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/ noun

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Noun

1
A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse. countable, uncountable
"Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death."
2
the incineration of a dead body wordnet

"What is the difference between cremation and mummification?"

Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.