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Expiration   /ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Expiration  n.  
1.
The act of expiring; as:
(a)
(Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; opposed to inspiration.
(b)
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. "The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth."
(c)
The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration."
(d)
A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end. "Before the expiration of thy time."
2.
That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound. "The aspirate "he," which is... a gentle expiration."





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... go; but he felt that his feet held firm in the stirrup; he had not strength to disengage them, and he remained in the saddle. Not being able to be a great man, he abandoned himself to his fate, which condemned him to be only a knave. At the expiration of his term of freedom, he declared himself solvent, and the princess took possession ...
— Samuel Brohl & Company • Victor Cherbuliez
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... policy, I should have kept the latter a secret, but on returning home, at the expiration of my school days, I imprudently gave expression to them in connection with some of the political movements of the Russian Government—and secured its suspicion at once, which, like the virus of some fatal disease, once in the system, would lose its ...
— Mizora: A Prophecy - A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch • Mary E. Bradley
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... the elder Joseph Smith, "was the spirit of the prophet who wrote this book, and who was sent to Joe Smith, jun., to make known these things to him. Before the expiration of the year, the eldest brother died; which," the old man said, "was a decree of Providence." ...
— Monsieur Violet • Frederick Marryat
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... quaestor-elect, he commanded reinforcements sent from Rome to Tiberius in Pannonia, and at the expiration of his term of office as quaestor in Rome, he returned to Tiberius as a legatus: ii. 111, 3, 'Habuit in hoc quoque bello mediocritas nostra speciosi ministerii locum. Finita equestri militia designatus quaestor necdum senator aequatus senatoribus, ...
— The Student's Companion to Latin Authors • George Middleton
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... sufficient warmth to overcome the too natural first aversion. It was an experiment, and it has failed. I do not blame you; perhaps, even, it is better so. Good- bye. I leave England for one year. You will see me again at the expiration of that time, if I live. Then I will ascertain your true feeling; and, if it be against me, go away for ever. ...
— A Group of Noble Dames • Thomas Hardy
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