maceration

The act, process, or operation of softening and almost dissolving by steeping in a fluid. See macerate, 1.

The act or process of macerating or making lean or thin; the state of being macerated; leanness.

The act or process of macerating.

The act or process of macerating.

softening due to soaking or steeping

extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)