decent burial

collocation in English

meaningsofdecentandburial

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decent
adjective
uk
/ˈdiː.sənt/us
/ˈdiː.sənt/
socially acceptable ...
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burial
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈber.i.əl/us
/ˈber.i.əl/
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected ...
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(Definition ofdecentandburialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What this motion does is to facilitate adecentburial.
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If he is alive, he should be reunited with his family, and if he is dead his body should be returned for adecentburial.
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Now, they know that they will never see their son again, but surely they have the right to give him adecentburial.
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It is time they were givendecentburial.
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It is a scandal that the death grant has not been increased to a level commensurate with the cost of adecentburial.
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We are not asking, and certainly the small traders are not asking, for adecentburial.
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For many pensioners there is nothing more degrading than the thought that they may not have sufficient money for adecentburial.
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I believe that if a marriage is dead, it should at least be given adecentburial.
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They speak ofdecentburialfor dead marriages.
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It will be lessened only if they can give their loved ones adecentburial.
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It is astonishing that that doctrine could go without so much as adecentburial.
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The old names and dogmas are dead—let us give them adecentburial.
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All we are concerned for is that this proposal shall have adecentburial.
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Before the appeal is decided, would it not be better to treat this man to adecentburial?
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Is it not time we gave them adecentburialtogether with some of these statutes which are no longer needed.
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They simply want to know what has happened to their loved ones and to give them adecentburial.
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It is to lessen that agony so that they can give their loved ones adecentburial.
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I regret that this concept has not been continued, that it has not even been given adecentburial.
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That continues until he is reduced to £25, or just enough to provide adecentburialso that there is no responsibility on the local authorities.
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Thirteen were consistently enjoying benefits and expecting adecentburialwhile seeking to exclude a fellow man from his livelihood.
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