Definition of "exuviation" []

• The act of exuviating. (noun)
• The exuviated coverings; exuviae. (noun)

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• "The most serious trial through which society can pass is encountered in the exuviation of its religious restraints."
• "Society, in all its developments, undergoes the process of exuviation."
• "I preserved this mutilated object with uncommon care, watching it almost incessantly day and night: expecting another exuviation which might be attended with interesting consequences, I felt much anxiety for its survivance."