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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Excoriation

/ĕk-skôr'-ē-āshˌ-ən/ · Ex·co·ri·a·tion · IPA /ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/
01 n. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
  1. 1.
    The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
  2. 2.
    Stripping of possession; spoliation.[Obs.]
    “A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort.” Howell.