repletion

[ ri-plee-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.

  2. overfullness resulting from excessive eating or drinking; surfeit.

Origin of repletion

1
1350–1400; Middle English replecioun surfeit (<Middle French ) <Late Latin replētiōn- (stem of replētiō), equivalent to Latin replēt(us) (see replete) + -iōn--ion

Words Nearby repletion

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How to use repletion in a sentence

  • If it pleased the godly it was a god-send for Bunn whose exchequer it filled to repletion.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • Much as starving is to be deprecated, the prejudicial effects of repletion are still greater.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.

    Dracula | Bram Stoker
  • A tiger may feed to repletion, or be disarmed by drowsiness; but who could hope to appease the ghost of a tiger, did such walk?

  • And just as it may arise from humidity or repletion, so also, as it is a convulsion, it may be caused by dryness or emptiness.

British Dictionary definitions for repletion

repletion

/ (rɪˈpliːʃən) /


noun
  1. the state or condition of being replete; fullness, esp excessive fullness due to overeating

  2. the satisfaction of a need or desire

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