VOIDANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of removing the contents of something

Synonyms:

emptying; evacuation; voidance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("voidance" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voidance"):

drain; drainage (emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it)

Derivation:

void (excrete or discharge from the body)