1. The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
   "The practice of sati was outlawed in India in 1829";
   - suttee
    
2. A Hindu widow who immolates herself on her husband's funeral pyre
   "The term sati refers to both the practice and the widow who performs it"

Derived forms: satis

Type of: self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide

Encyclopedia: Sati