exspiration
exspiration is the obsolete form of expiration.
Meaning of expiration
Noun
expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)
- The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
- Holonym: respiration
- Synonyms:
- exhalation
- Antonyms:
- inspiration, inhalation
- A single outward breath.
- labored expirations
- Synonyms:
- exhalation
- Antonyms:
- inspiration, inhalation
- Other similar release of volatile matter.
- Synonyms:
- emission
- The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
- Synonyms:
- demise, quietus, death, end, tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization
- Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
- expiration date
- Synonyms:
- termination, end
- That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
Forms of exspiration
| plural | exspirations |
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Questions about exspiration
- What is exspiration the obsolete form of?
- Exspiration is the obsolete form of expiration.
Words near exspiration in the dictionary
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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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