Meanings
noundepletion (countable and uncountable, plural depletions)
plural depletions
- countableuncountableThe act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
The Great Northern 4-4-0s have all vanished, and there has been some depletion in the ranks of North British "Glens" and "Scotts."
1954 May, John W. Grant, “A Railway Requiem”, in Railway Magazine, page 351 - countableuncountableThe consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
- archaiccountableuncountablemedicineThe act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
- countableuncountabletimber industry; oil industry; timber industry; oil industryaccountinggradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
Origin
- Latindepletio, depletionem
- Englishdepletion
Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.
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Catalan exhauriment, depleció
- exhaurimentexhaustion
- deplecióconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
- depleciógradual expense or use of natural resources over time
French déplétion
- déplétiongradual expense or use of natural resources over time
German Erschöpfen, Erschöpfung
- Erschöpfenexhaustion
- Erschöpfungexhaustion
- Leerungconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
- Schwundconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
- Abbauconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
- Verarmungconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
Indonesian deplesi
- deplesigradual expense or use of natural resources over time
Irish laghdú
- laghdúexhaustion
Italian esaurimento
- esaurimentoexhaustion
Korean 소모, 고갈
- 소모 (somo)exhaustion
- 고갈 (gogal)consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
Malay susutan
- susutangradual expense or use of natural resources over time
Māori whakataweketanga
- whakataweketangaexhaustion
Portuguese esgotamento, exaustão
- esgotamentoexhaustion
- exaustãoexhaustion
- depleçãoexhaustion
- esgotamentoconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
- depleçãoconsumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
Spanish depleción
- depleciónexhaustion
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Cite this entry
APA
depletion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depletion
MLA
“depletion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depletion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depletion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depletion.
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