LAXATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laxation mean? 

• LAXATION (noun)
  The noun LAXATION has 2 senses:

1. the elimination of fecal waste through the anus

2. the act of making something less tight

  Familiarity information: LAXATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAXATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The elimination of fecal waste through the anus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

defecation; laxation; shitting

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)

urochesia; urochezia (passage of urine from the anus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making something less tight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

laxation; loosening

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)