"laxation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laxations [plural]
Etymology: Latin laxātiō, from laxō (“I loosen”), from laxus (“loose, slack”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|laxātiō}} Latin laxātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} laxation (countable and uncountable, plural laxations)
  1. The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-laxation-en-noun-qc3pcltm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 96 4
  2. Defecation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-laxation-en-noun-qeM8lgEs

Inflected forms

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