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Suspiration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).

    "nor windy suspiration of forced breath"

  2. 2
    an utterance made by exhaling audibly wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin suspīrātiō, suspīrātiōnem (“sighing”).

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