expiration
expiration Lexical Profile
expiration Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The coming to an end or termination of a period of validity, a contract, a law, or the safe usability of a perishable product.
"Please renew your driver's license at least thirty days prior to its expiration."
The physiological act or process of breathing air out from the lungs.
"During physical exercise, both inspiration and expiration become deeper and more rapid."
The act of breathing one's last breath; death.
"The ancient chronicler recorded the monarch's peaceful expiration at the end of a long reign."
Word Nuance & Usage
In American English, 'expiration' is standard for the end of a period of validity (as in 'expiration date'), whereas British English typically prefers 'expiry' ('expiry date').
• Rhymes for expiration
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin 'exspiratio', a noun of action from 'exspirare' meaning 'to breathe out', formed from 'ex-' (out) and 'spirare' (to breathe).