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Laxation

Definition: Laxation

Laxation

Noun

1. The elimination of fecal waste through the anus.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Laxation \Lax*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression laxatio, from laxare to loosen, from laxus loose, slack.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Laxation

Synonyms: defecation (n), shitting (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Laxation

Language Translations for "laxation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

la sécurité sociale tend de plus en plus à se fiscaliser (Social security tends more and more to assume the character of Laxation). (various references)

   

German

  

die Sozialversicherung nimmt mehr und mehr Steuercharakter an (Social security tends more and more to assume the character of Laxation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חולש×" (debility, distemper, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languishment, languor, weakness), רפיון (flabbiness, inertia, inertness, laxity, limpness, looseness, slack, slackness). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

axationlay.(various references)

   

Thai

  

ความหย่อน (laxity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Laxation

Derivations

Words beginning with "laxation": laxations. (additional references)

Words ending with "laxation": relaxation. (additional references)

Words containing "laxation": relaxations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Laxation"

Words rhyming with "laxation" (pronounced 'Lax*a"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Laxation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-n-o-t-x"

-1 letter: alation.

-2 letters: anoxia, atonal, axonal, latino, oxtail, talion.

-3 letters: alant, aloin, axial, axion, lanai, liana, natal, notal, talon, taxon, tolan, tonal, toxin.

-4 letters: alan, alit, alto, anal, anil, anoa, anta, anti, axal, axil, axon, into, iota, lain, lati, lino, lint, lion, loan, loin, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, nota, tail, tain, tala, tali, taxa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-n-o-t-x"
 

+1 letter: aflatoxin, laxations, oxalating.

 

+2 letters: aflatoxins, exaltation, exhalation, relaxation.

 

+3 letters: exaltations, exclamation, exhalations, explanation, relaxations.

 

+4 letters: annexational, excavational, exclamations, exhilaration, explanations, explantation.

 

+5 letters: carboxylating, carboxylation, examinational, exhilarations, expectational, explanatorily, explantations, explorational, extrapolating, extrapolation, sexualization, taxonomically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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