suspiration

sus·pire

S0924500 (sə-spīr′)intr.v. sus·pired, sus·pir·ing, sus·pires 1. To breathe: "And from that one intake of fire / All creatures still warmly suspire" (Robert Frost).2. To sigh.

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[Middle English suspiren, to sigh, from Old French, from Latin suspīrāre : sub-, from below; see sub- + spīrāre, to breathe.]

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sus′pi·ra′tion (sŭs′pə-rā′shən) n.

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suspiration - an utterance made by exhaling audiblysighutterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication