Definition of "defecation" [def•e•ca•tion]

• Act or process of voiding feces from bowels. (noun)
• Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials. (noun)

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• "(Note to the Utods who read this blog: covering yourself in your own defecation is frowned upon over here.)"
• "-- The purification of conjugial love may be compared with the purification of natural spirits, as effected by the chemists, and called defecation, 145."
• "This spiritual purification may be compared with the purification of natural spirits, which is effected by the chemists, and is called defecation, rectification, castigation, acution, decantation, and sublimation; and wisdom purified may be compared with alcohol, which is a highly rectified spirit."