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noun a coming to an end of a contract period
noun euphemistic expressions for death
noun the act of expelling air from the lungs
originFrom Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō. By surface analysis, expire + -ation.
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