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Definition of exhalation : 1. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.
3. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

Synonyms:

going, exit, termination, passing, vaporization, respiration, air, breathing out, expiry, loss, expiration, vapor, departure, release, halitus

fragrance, odor, breath, smell, stench, perfume, essence, nose, trail, cachet, fumes, redolence, stink, emanation, scent, whiff, effluvium, bouquet, malodorousness

Usage examples:

• In a shorter interval than would have seemed possible, the battlements and fortifications of the besieging army had risen like an exhalation out of the morass. - "History of the United Netherlands, 1594", John Lothrop Motley.
• A misty exhalation rises from the floor and maintains its level while the ground slopes downwards. - "Naples Past and Present", Arthur H. Norway.
• Here let the reader depict to himself the gradual process of the vapor- bath, accompanied by an exhalation of spicy perfumes. - "The Last Days of Pompeii", Edward George Bulwer-Lytton.