Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maceration

2 senses of maceration

Sense 1
maceration -- (softening due to soaking or steeping)
       => softening -- (the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat")

Sense 2
bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration -- (extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease))
       => leanness, thinness, spareness -- (the property of having little body fat)