Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-VAC-U-A'TION, n.

1. The act of emptying or clearing of the contents; the act of withdrawing from, as an army or garrison.
2. Discharges by stool or other natural means; a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means. Quincy.
3. Abolition; nullification.