Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excoriation
2 senses of excoriation
Sense 1
abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation -- (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)
=> wound, lesion -- (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))
Sense 2
excoriation -- (severe censure)
=> denunciation, denouncement -- (a public act of denouncing)