Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Exhumation /ĕk-shyo͞omˌ-āsh'-ən/ · Ex·hu·ma·tion · IPA /ˌɛks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/ 01 n. The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body. 1. The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.