(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:57:01

Def`e*ca"tion (?), n. [L. defaecatio: cf. F. d'ef'ecation.]

1.

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

2. Physiol.

The act or process of voiding excrement.

 

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