EVACUATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically:

2.
n.

That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy.

3.
n.

Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker. Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.


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