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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