exhumation

Noun
Synonyms: disintermentdigging up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buriedSynonyms: disintermentdigging up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Exhumation \Ex`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body. [1913 Webster]
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