pas·sage

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A slow cadenced trot in which the horse raises and returns to the ground first one diagonal pair of feet, then the other.
• intransitive verb To execute such a trot in dressage.
• intransitive verb To cause (a horse) to execute such a trot in dressage.
• noun The act or process of passing, especially.
• noun Movement from one place to another.
• noun The process of elapsing.
• noun The process of changing from one condition or stage to another; transition.
• noun Enactment into law of a legislative bill.
• noun A journey, especially one by air or water.
• noun The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship.
• noun The right, permission, or power to come and go freely.
• noun A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass.
• noun A corridor.
• noun An occurrence or event.
• noun Something, such as an exchange of words or blows, that occurs between two persons.
• noun A segment of a written work or speech.
• noun Music A segment of a composition, especially one that demonstrates the virtuousity of the composer or performer.
• noun A section of a painting or other piece of artwork; a detail.
• noun Physiology The process of discharging something from a bodily part, such as evacuation of waste from the bowels.
• noun Medicine The introduction of an instrument into a bodily cavity.
• noun Obsolete Death.