disinterment

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buriedSynonyms: exhumationdigging up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disinterment \Dis`in*ter"ment\, n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation. [1913 Webster]
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