call of nature
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call of nature
noun calls of nature
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The bodily urge to urinate or defecate.
It appears from the evidence adduced that after the canvass had continued five or six consecutive hours, Mr. FORBES and Mr. DECKER, two inspectors went out (though not in company) as they say in "obedience to a call of nature," and were gone five or ten minutes, leaving the box containing the votes
Similar: defecation and Thesaurus:urination
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noun need to defecate or urinate (euphemistic)
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Talk about this word "call of nature." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/call%20of%20nature. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. call of nature. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/call%20of%20nature "call of nature." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/call%20of%20nature.Cite this
@misc{call_of_nature_2026,
title = {call of nature},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/call%20of%20nature},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
