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LAXATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making something less tight
Synonyms:
laxation; loosening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("laxation" is a kind of...):
adjustment; alteration; modification (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laxation"):
undoing; unfastening; untying (loosening the ties that fasten something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The elimination of fecal waste through the anus
Synonyms:
defecation; laxation; shitting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("laxation" is a kind of...):
elimination; evacuation; excreting; excretion; voiding (the bodily process of discharging waste matter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laxation"):
bm; bowel movement; movement (a euphemism for defecation)
haematochezia; hematochezia (passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer))
dump; shit (a coarse term for defecation)
