English Explanatory Dictionary

suspiration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).

Word forms

suspiration suspirations

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin suspīrātiō, suspīrātiōnem (“sighing”).

Related words

suspire
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