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An Expiration

  1. The act of expiring.
  2. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
  3. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  4. (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
  5. A cessation, extinction, ending
  6. 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

AntonymsEdit

(breathing out): inspiration, inhalation