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Display of pain stifled by widow in cemetery (5)

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I believe the answer is:

wince

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'display' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'pain stifled by widow in cemetery' is the wordplay.
'WINCE' is hidden within the letters.
However, I'm not sure how the hidden word is indicated.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for wince that I've seen before include "Recoil with pain" , "Make face showing pain" , "Look disgusted" , "show embarrassment" , "React involuntarily from pain or embarrassment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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