Exhumation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exhumation
       n : the act of digging up something (especially a corpse) that
           has been buried [syn: {disinterment}, {digging up}]