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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Excoriation \Ex*co'ri*a"tion\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:

excoriation

noun

1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: {abrasion}, {scratch}, {scrape}]

2: severe censure

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