movement

movement
   1. an act of defecation
   It is the bowels which move, not the participant:
    Observe the time of day he has his movement. (M. McCarthy, 1963)
   Move your bowels, to defecate, is standard English:
    He lay in bed, reading nothing; he moved his bowels. (Bradbury, 1959 — he was a hospital patient)
   2. an institution or collection of institutions
   Usually characterized by deep-rooted conservatism to protect the status quo and reluctant to move in any direction, exemplified on occasion by the British Building Society or Trade Union movements.

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