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The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.

The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Entreaty. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

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.

or purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)

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

Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.

Ulceration. Quincy.

The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.

The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon.

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.

A conflagration. [Obs.]

The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered; fluster. [Colloq.]

The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. [Colloq.] Richardson.

The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs