RESPIRATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

2.
n.

Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.] Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked. Milton.

3.
n.

Interval; intermission. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

4.
n.

The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.