Bible Dictionaries
Defecation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or process of voiding excrement.

(2):

(n.) The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defecation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defecation.html. 1828.