The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.(noun)
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Use "exsiccation" in a sentence
"He knew this, too, that bitter things are suitable; for to dry up wounds requires exsiccation."
"A somewhat different method is followed in Trinidad and Jamaica (in the latter island it can scarcely be said to be cultivated now); but it differs in no essential degree from the principle of gradual exsiccation, and protection from moisture."
"There instead of exsiccation he was confronted by a dreadful humidity, an infertile ooze that seemed almost less susceptible to cultivation than the other."