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   Ex·pi·ra·tion

   /ˌekspəˈrāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid: North American "the expiration of the lease"
   • ▪ the end of a period of time: "the expiration of three years"
   • 2. exhalation of breath: technical "at the end of expiration there is still a slight inflation in the lungs"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a vapor or exhalation): from Latin exspiratio(n-), from the verb exspirare (see expire).

   Scrabble Points: 19

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