REPLETION


Meaning of REPLETION in English

-ēshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English replecioun surfeit, condition of being filled up, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French repletion surfeit, from Late Latin repletion-, repletio completion, from Latin repletus (past participle of replēre to fill up) + -ion-, -io -ion

1.

a. : the act of overeating or the state of being overfed : surfeit

made sick by repletion

eat to repletion

b. : fullness of blood : plethora

2. : the condition of being filled up or overcrowded

a hall filled to repletion

3. : fulfillment of a need or desire : satisfaction

the peace and spiritual repletion of the evening's rest — R.L.Stevenson

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