'Exhumation' definitions:
Definition of 'exhumation'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried [syn: exhumation, disinterment, digging up]
Definition of 'Exhumation'
From: 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]