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a voluntary form of suicide that allowed women to throw themselves on their dead husbands

  1. suicide

  2. suttee

  3. death

  4. sutee

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Suttee (or Sati) was a historical practice in parts of India where a widow would immolate herself on her husband's funeral pyre.

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