Defecation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of separating from lees or dregs; a cleansing from impurities or foreign matter; clarification.
  • noun. The act of discharging the fæces; the act of evacuating the bowels.
  • noun. Figuratively, purification from what is gross or low.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
  • noun. The act or process of voiding excrement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Act or process of voiding feces from bowels.
  • noun. Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
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  • noun. the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
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    "(Note to the Utods who read this blog: covering yourself in your own defecation is frowned upon over here.)"
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