-kij, -kēj noun
( -s )
1. : liquid that soaks through or out ; also : the amount gained by absorption or lost by seepage
an analysis of the well water reveals no soakage from the cesspool
2. : the act or process of soaking : the state of being soaked
increase the soakage of rain into the geological layers which store water — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin
white oak … is impervious to soakage through the pores — F.P.Hankerson