exhumation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
    digging up; disinterment.

WordNet

Ex`hu*ma"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.
Definitions
  1. The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

Webster 1913