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Excoriation
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.] A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. Howell.