An Expiration
- The act of expiring.
- The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
- Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
- (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
- A cessation, extinction, ending
- That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
| Usage notes |
In most senses, mainly US; UK equivalent is expiry.
| Synonyms |
(breathing out): exhalation
(cessation): termination, end
| Antonyms | Edit |
(breathing out): inspiration, inhalation