EXHUMATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`eks`hyû'meyshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the act of digging up something (especially a corpse) that has been buried

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	Synonyms:	digging up, disinterment

	See Also:	deed, effort, exploit, feat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.