exhalation
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for exhalation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of breathing air out.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
halitus
Antonyms
Etymology
Traces to Latin exhālātiō, which came from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), itself from hālō (“to breathe”); equivalent to exhale + -ation.
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