defecation

Other forms of defecation

plural

defecations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about defecation

What does defecation mean?

defecation means "the elimination of fecal waste through the anus".

How many syllables are in defecation?

defecation has 5 syllables: de-fe-ca-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for defecation?

Close synonyms include laxation, shitting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defecation a common word?

defecation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.