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Noun: expiration  `ekspu'reyshun
  1. A coming to an end of a contract period
    - termination, expiry
     
  2. Euphemistic expressions for death
    - passing, loss, departure, exit, going, release
     
  3. The act of expelling air from the lungs
    - exhalation, breathing out

Derived forms: expirations

See also: expiratory, expire

Type of: breath, death, decease, end, ending, expiry

Part of: breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation

Encyclopedia: Expiration