expiration Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a coming to an end of a contract period
termination; expiry.
- the expiry of his driver's license
noun euphemistic expressions for death
loss; departure; going; exit; release; passing.
- thousands mourned his passing
noun the act of expelling air from the lungs
breathing out; exhalation.

L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F. expiration. See Expire.

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. Bacon.
(c) The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." Rambler. (d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Before the expiration of thy time. Shak.
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. G. Sharp.