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Synonyms & Antonyms of expiration
1
the act of ceasing to exist
- directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum
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- alpha,
- beginning,
- birth,
- commencement,
- creation,
- dawn,
- genesis,
- inception,
- incipience,
- incipiency,
- launch,
- morning,
- onset,
- outset,
- start
2
the stopping of a process or activity
- with the expiration of all brain activity there was no point in keeping the patient alive
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- arrest,
- arrestment,
- cease,
- cessation,
- check,
- close,
- closedown,
- closure,
- conclusion,
- cutoff,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- end,
- ending,
- finish,
- halt,
- lapse,
- offset,
- shutdown,
- shutoff,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease,
- termination
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3
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
- the cancer patient passed away sometime during the night, the exact moment of her expiration not being known
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“Expiration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiration. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of expiration was in 1526
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