interring
Placing in earth
Interring is the act of placing a body or cremated remains in a burial site.
The verb inter means to bury with ceremony, typically in a grave, tomb, or mausoleum: The remains were interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
More formal than "burying," interring often appears in obituaries and official contexts.
Placing deceased underground
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- sepultureCeremonial burial of dead
- graveSerious and worrying
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
cemetery · coffin · casket · vault · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · tomb
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- funeralService honoring the dead
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
- eulogyTribute for the dead
procession · wake · prayers · benediction · liturgy · officiant · incense · chanting
State of conclusive completion
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- restCessation of activity
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
resolution · ending · acceptance · completion · repose · laying to rest · final journey · last goodbye
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- mournerOne who grieves
lamentation · tears · grieving · condolences · sympathy · anguish · sadness · consolation
burial
Placing deceased underground
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- sepultureCeremonial burial of dead
- graveSerious and worrying
graveyard · cemetery · coffin · casket · vault · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · tomb · plot
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- funeralService honoring the dead
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
eulogy · procession · wake · prayers · benediction · liturgy · officiant · incense · chanting · dirge
finality
State of conclusive completion
peace · resolution · ending · acceptance · completion · repose · laying to rest · final journey · last goodbye · passing
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
mourner · lamentation · tears · grieving · condolences · sympathy · anguish · sadness · consolation · elegy
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- legacyWhat's passed down
memory · ancestors · heritage · homage · relic · keepsake · epitaph · marker · monument · remembering
interringexhuming
Digging up buried remains
disinterring · exhumation · disinterment · unearthing · digging up