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exhalation

n.
US //ˌɛkshəˈɫeɪʃən// UK //ɛkshɐlˈeɪʃən// ex·ha·la·tion
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Origin

From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

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