noun.
The act of inflating or distending with air or gas.
noun.
The state of being inflated or distended; distention: as, the inflation of the lungs.
noun.
Undue expansion or elevation; increase beyond the proper or just amount or value: as, inflation of trade, currency, or prices; inflation of stocks (that is, of the price of stocks).
noun.
The state of being puffed up; turgidness; pretentiousness; conceit: as, inflation of style or manner.