exhumation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exhumation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exhumation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exhumation n the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried Synonym(s): exhumation, disinterment, digging up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exhumation \Ex`huma"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation* of a body.