excoriation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of excoriating or flaying.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A severe verbal denouncing.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛks.kɔ.ɹi.eɪʃən/
Etymology

From excoriate + -ion.

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