# evacuation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #10,541

## Definitions
1. The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
2. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
3. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
4. 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.
5. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool, urine or other natural means.
6. Abolition; nullification.

## Etymology
From Middle English evacuacioun, from Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō. Equivalent to evacuate + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **evocation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evacuation-vs-evocation)
- **evaluation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evacuation-vs-evaluation)
- **ejaculation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ejaculation-vs-evacuation)

## Common misspellings (14)
`eavcuation`, `evacaution`, `evaccuation`, `evacuaiton`, `evacuasion`, `evacuatino`, `evacuationn`, `evacuatoin`, `evacuattion`, `evacutaion`, `evaucation`, `evcauation`, `evvacuation`, `veacuation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/evacuation