exhalation
noun/ˌɛkshəˈleɪʃən/
Frequency rank: #19,384 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The act of breathing out air from the lungs.
Example sentence
After the long run, she let out a slow exhalation to calm her breathing.
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