expletion

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noun

accomplishment; fulfillment

OriginLatin expletio →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteaccomplishment; fulfillment

    For sure they conduce nothing at all to the Perfection of Men's Natures, nor the Expletion of their Desires

    1713, John Killingbeck, Eighteen sermons on practical subjects
  2. archaichuman sciencesAn expletive or interjection

Origin

  1. Latinexpletio“a satisfying”
  2. Englishexpletion

From Latin expletio (“a satisfying”). See expletive.

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APA

expletion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expletion

MLA

“expletion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expletion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expletion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expletion.

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