Respiration

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( 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.

(2): ( n.) Interval; intermission.

(3): ( n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest.

(4): ( n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

King James Dictionary

Respira'Tion, n. L. respiratio.

1. The act of breathing the act of inhaling air into the lungs and again exhaling or expelling it, by which animal life is supported. The respiration of fishes, for these cannot live long without air, appears to be performed by the air contained in the water acting on the gills. 2. Relief from toil.