efflation
Noun
Meaning
The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
air
production
issue
child
spawn
daughter
generation
breed
breath
progeny
aura
draught
breeze
brood
procreation
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Examples
A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within turn that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it.