Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excoriation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.]
A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. --Howell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excoriation
n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: {abrasion},
{scratch}, {scrape}]
2: severe censure
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