The act of throwing someone or something out of a window

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620, "the action of throwing out of a window," from Latin fenestra "window" (see fenestration ). A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of throwing someone or something out of a window

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window. 2 (context British English) High profile removal of a person from an organization. 3 (context neologism humorous English) The act of removing the (w: Microsoft Windows) operating system from ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
defenestration \de*fen`es*tra"tion\ (d[-e]*f[e^]n`[e^]s*tr[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. the act of throwing (something or someone) out of a window.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window . The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618, which became the spark that started the Thirty years war . This was done in "good Bohemian ...