balneation

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Balneation \Bal`ne*a"tion\, n. [LL. balneare to bathe, fr. L.
   balneum bath.]
   The act of bathing. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "balneation":
      Australian crawl, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, bathe,
      bathing, breaststroke, butterfly, crawl, diving, dog paddle, fin,
      fishtail, flapper, flipper, floating, natation, sidestroke,
      surfboarding, surfing, swim, swimming, treading water, wading,
      waterskiing

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