suttee
Widow's funeral fire
Suttee is the former Hindu practice in which a widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
The custom was outlawed under British colonial rule in 1829 but persisted in isolated cases.
The word also refers to a widow who dies this way.
Also spelled sati.
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- self-immolationSuicide by fire
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- burningCombustion in progress
immolation · cremation · funeral · ashes · flames · sandalwood · ghee · death
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- pressureForce upon contact
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- druggingAdministering intoxicants covertly
compulsion · family · honor · expectation · victimization · exploitation · patriarchy · oppression
Formal discontinuation of practice
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- banOfficial restriction on something
- 1829Four-digit date
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
outlawing · suppression · criminalization · British Raj · colonial · eradication · prevention
Deep, loyal commitment
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
loyalty · purity · mythology · righteousness · commemoration · memorial
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- self-immolationSuicide by fire
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
burning · immolation · cremation · funeral · ashes · flames · sandalwood · ghee · death · custom
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- pressureForce upon contact
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
drugging · compulsion · family · honor · expectation · victimization · exploitation · patriarchy · oppression
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
legislation · outlawing · suppression · criminalization · British Raj · colonial · eradication · prevention
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
glorification · loyalty · purity · mythology · righteousness · commemoration · memorial