• exspiration (obsolete)

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō.^[1][2] By surface analysis, expire +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

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• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.spaɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)

1. An act, process, or instance of expiring.
   1. (uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.

      Synonym: exhalation

      Antonyms: inspiration, inhalation

      Holonym: respiration

      crackles heard on expiration

   2. (countable) A single outward breath.

      Synonym: exhalation

      Antonyms: inspiration, inhalation

      labored expirations

   3. Other similar release of volatile matter.

      Synonym: emission

   4. (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.

      Synonyms: demise, quietus; see also Thesaurus:death

   5. Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.

      Synonyms: termination, end

      expiration date

   6. That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

• In most senses, mainly US; UK equivalent is expiry.
• The pronunciation based on that of expire is common in Philippine English, but is otherwise proscribed elsewhere.

• expiry
• expire

Inherited from Middle French expiration, borrowed from Latin exspīrātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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expiration f (plural expirations)

1. expiration (act of expiring)
2. expiration (act of breathing out)
3. expiration (end)

• expirer

• “expiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012