expiration

expiration
/ek'speuh ray"sheuhn/, n.
1. a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
2. the act of expiring, or breathing out; emission of air from the lungs.
3. Archaic. death.
[1375-1425; late ME expiracioun < L expiration- (s. of expiratio), equiv. to expirat(us) (ptp. of ex(s)pirare to EXPIRE) + -ion- -ION]

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