Lacrimation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The shedding or flow of tears; crying. literary, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    shedding tears wordnet

Synonyms

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excretionlachrymationlactationtearingwateringweeping

Etymology

From Latin lacrimātiō. By surface analysis, lacrimate + -ion.

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