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Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

One who exonerates or frees from obligation.

To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Entreaty. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Same as Expectorant. Harvey.

ocess of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to Ant: inspiration.

Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.

To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)

Exploratory.

One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.

To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.] A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.] Sir A. Shirley.

Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.

The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law),

Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.