Exhalation

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of exhaling; breathing out countable, uncountable

    "short exhalations of breath"

  2. 2
    the act of expelling air from the lungs wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam countable, uncountable

    "exhalations from the earth or flowers"

  4. 4
    exhaled breath wordnet
  5. 5
    A bright phenomenon; a meteor. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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airaqua lungaromaaspirationatomizationbated breath

Example

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"Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God."

Etymology

From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

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