The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cremation \Cre*ma"tion\ (kr?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. crematio.] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead. [1913 Webster] Without cremation . . . of their bodies. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cremation n 1: the incineration of a dead body