Obit n. : Death; decease; the date of one's death.

Obit n. : A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.

Obit n. : A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.

Example:
In an Obit, if the family chooses not to release the cause of death does that always mean suicide?

Taxonomy
OBIT, death, Obituaries, Life Stories, Michael Schaffer, Krishna, Julia, MAGAZINE, Judy Bachrach, Essays and Criticism, Norman Borlaug, Irving Kristol, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Joyce Gemperlein, M. Klein, DOCTORS, Life and Death, PIANO DUO.

Defination from the web:
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