Respiration /(r?s`p?*r?"sh?n)/

Res·pi·ra·tion

Respiration

n.
  1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
  2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]
    Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked.
  3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.]
  4. 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. (Physiol.)