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Webster 1913 Edition


Exhumation

Exˊhu-ma′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. LL.
exhumatio
, F.
exhumation
.]
The act of exhuming that which has been buried;
as, the
exhumation
of a body
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exhumation

EXHUMA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. ex and humus, ground.]
1.
The digging up a dead body interred; the disinterring of a corpse.
2.
The digging up of any thing buried.

Definition 2024


exhumation

exhumation

English

Noun

exhumation (plural exhumations)

  1. The act of digging up that which has been buried.

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French

Noun

exhumation f (plural exhumations)

  1. exhumation