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exspiration

exspiration is the obsolete form of expiration.

Meaning of expiration

Noun

expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
    • Holonym: respiration
    Synonyms:
    exhalation
  2. (countable) A single outward breath.
    • labored expirations
    Synonyms:
    exhalation
  3. Other similar release of volatile matter.
    Synonyms:
    emission
  4. (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
  5. Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
    • expiration date
    Synonyms:
    termination, end
  6. That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Forms of exspiration

pluralexspirations

Questions about exspiration

What is exspiration the obsolete form of?
Exspiration is the obsolete form of expiration.

Words near exspiration in the dictionary

  1. exsolved
  2. exsolves
  3. exsolving
  4. exsorption
  5. exspecially
  6. exspiration
  7. exspirations
  8. exspire
  9. exspoliation
  10. exspoliations
  11. exspouse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exspiration (page history and authors); expiration (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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