laxation

Noun

lax=a=tion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

laxation(n = noun.process) defecation, shitting - the elimination of fecal waste through the anus; Array

has particulars: bm, bowel movement, movement, haematochezia, hematochezia, dump, shit, urochesia, urochezia

is a kind of elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding

laxation(n = noun.act) loosening - the act of making something less tight; Array

has particulars: undoing, unfastening, untying

is a kind of adjustment, alteration, modification

laxation, n. [L. laxatio, fr. laxare to loosen, fr. laxus loose, slack.].

The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened. [1913 Webster]

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