replenishment

[ ri-plen-ish-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act or process of resupplying, refilling, or renewing:

   I calculated that, without prompt replenishment, we would soon run out of food and fuel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of replenishment¹

replenish ( def ) + -ment ( def )

Example Sentences

Houston, which is down future assets after trading for Westbrook last year, could replenish its stockpile and still put out a somewhat respectable on-court product next season.

From Washington Post

The phosphine seemed to be too abundant to exist without some kind of source replenishing it.

From Science News

This supply can be replenished in various ways, depending on the characteristics of the disease.

From Popular-Science

Potassium, an electrolyte lost through sweat, regulates your heartbeat and heart rhythm, Carberry says, so it’s important for backpackers to routinely replenish stores.

From Outside Online

That same curve has been used to describe the depletion of groundwater in regions where water is replenished much too slowly for heavy use to be sustainable.

From Ars Technica

She is his place for replenishment, for grounding, for rest, and for joy.

From The Daily Beast

But it is only after experience of replenishment that the mind will feel such desire.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the above suggestion as to the replenishment of loss by evaporation with pure water is not perfectly satisfactory.

From Project Gutenberg

He handed butter and marmalade tenderly to his wife and carried his cup round to her for replenishment, instead of passing it.

From Project Gutenberg

But it turned out to be a small annual replenishment order of 130 muskets with a few rounds of powder and ball.

From Project Gutenberg

"Wool can't refuse you the regular quota of arms for annual replenishment," he said.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• rebirth
• regeneration
• rejuvenation
• restoration
• resumption
• revitalization
• revival