evacuation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English evacuacioun, from Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō. Equivalent to evacuate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === evacuation (countable and uncountable, plural evacuations) The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum. Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; urination; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool, urine or other natural means. Abolition; nullification. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== evacuee evacuate evacuation slide ==== Translations ==== == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēvacuātiō. === Noun === evacuation oblique singular, f (oblique plural evacuations, nominative singular evacuation, nominative plural evacuations) (medicine) evacuation (of the bowels or bladder)