Excoriation
1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. (Howell)
Origin: cf. F. Excoriation.
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