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Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words.

In September, Spain’s Supreme Court ruled on a case concerning the burial place of the dictator Francisco Franco.

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Franco is buried at the valley of the Fallen memorial.

Spain’s government argued to move his remains in order to honor the victims of the Civil war same say Franco started in 1936.

Spain’s Supreme Court ruled the government is permitted to exhume Franco’s remains.

To exhume is to remove something, especially a body from the place where it is buried.

It also means to bring something to light after it has been forgotten.