EXHUMATION

exhumation, disinterment, digging up

(noun) the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

exhumation (countable and uncountable, plural exhumations)

The act of digging up that which has been buried.

Synonyms

• disinterment

Antonyms

• burial, inhumation, interment

Source: Wiktionary


Ex`hu*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.]

Definition: The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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