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EXCORIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severe censure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("excoriation" is a kind of...):
denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)
Derivation:
excoriate (express strong disapproval of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Synonyms:
abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("excoriation" is a kind of...):
lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excoriation"):
graze (a superficial abrasion)
rope burn (abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope)
Derivation:
excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)
