'Excoriation' definitions:
Definition of 'excoriation'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Excoriation'
From: GCIDE
- Excoriation \Ex*co`ri*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excoriation.]
- 1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. --Howell. [1913 Webster]