Shedding

n.	1.	The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
	2.	That which is shed, or cast off.

Noun	1.	shedding - the process whereby something is shed Synonyms: sloughing
	2.	shedding - loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales Synonyms: desquamation, peeling

abscission, biological process, ecdysis, exuviate, molt, molting, moult, moulting, organic process, shed, slough, sloughing