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Evacuation

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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Defecation 76% connected

The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Drainage 76% connected

A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.

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Incontinence 76% connected

Alt. of Incontinency

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Incontinency 76% connected

Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain th…

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Laxation 76% connected

The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

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Micturition 76% connected

The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

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Urination 76% connected

The act or process of voiding urine; micturition.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Emission 76% connected

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission…

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Expelling 76% connected

of Expel

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Remotion 76% connected

The act of removing; removal.

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

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Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Empty 74% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Empty 74% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Evacuate 74% connected

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

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Evacuate 74% connected

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

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Void 74% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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Void 74% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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Synonym 6

Elimination 92% connected

The act of expelling or throwing off

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Emptying 92% connected

of Empty

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Excreting 92% connected

of Excrete

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Excretion 92% connected

The act of excreting.

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Voidance 92% connected

The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

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Voiding 92% connected

of Void

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