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Expiration

//ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act, process, or instance of expiring.; The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth. uncountable

    "Holonym: respiration"

  2. 2
    the act of expelling air from the lungs wordnet
  3. 3
    An act, process, or instance of expiring.; A single outward breath. countable

    "labored expirations"

  4. 4
    euphemistic expressions for death wordnet
  5. 5
    An act, process, or instance of expiring.; Other similar release of volatile matter. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a coming to an end of a contract period wordnet
  2. 7
    An act, process, or instance of expiring.; The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death. countable, euphemistic, uncountable
  3. 8
    An act, process, or instance of expiring.; Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending. countable, uncountable

    "expiration date"

  4. 9
    An act, process, or instance of expiring.; That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō. By surface analysis, expire + -ation.

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