a laying or leaving aside; abandoning; suspension.

a giving of a gift; donation.

a pouring out; a dropping out; emission.

waste matter expelled from the bowels or the urinary bladder; the faeces or urine.

an oblation; libation.

completion or accomplishment (as of a study or vow).

a general rule or precept (as opp. to a particular one or an exception).

the act of expelling or driving (a mob, assemblage etc.) away.

he who drives a mob away; a disperser.

a door-keeper.