repletion

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noun

The condition of being replete; fullness.

Similar
satietysatiationsurfeit
Opposite
depletion
OriginMiddle English replecioun ← Old French repletion ← Latin replētiō, replētiōnem →
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Meanings

nounrepletion (countable and uncountable, plural repletions)

plural repletions

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being replete; fullness.

    Fiddle de dee, the whole thing is neither more nor less than a substitute for the masquerade, which luckily became so gross, it died of repletion.

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 170

    Antonyms: depletion

  2. archaiccountableuncountablemedicinePlethora of the blood.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe condition of being replete; fullness.

Opposite
depletion

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

Similar
satietysatiation
Broader
fullness

nouneating until excessively full

Similar
surfeit
Broader
eatingfeeding
Also see
satiationsatietysatisfactionsurfeit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinreplētiō, replētiōnem
  2. Old Frenchrepletion
  3. Middle Englishreplecioun
  4. Englishrepletion

From Middle English replecioun, from Old French repletion, from Latin replētiō, replētiōnem.

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Translations

Bulgarian насита, пресищане
  • насита (nasita)the condition of being replete
  • пресищане (presištane)the condition of being replete
French réplétion
  • réplétionthe condition of being replete
Irish lánmhaireacht
  • lánmhaireachtthe condition of being replete
Latin plēnitās, saturitas
  • plēnitāsthe condition of being replete
  • saturitasthe condition of being replete
Russian изоби́лие, перепо́лненность
  • изоби́лие (izobílije)the condition of being replete
  • перепо́лненность (perepólnennostʹ)the condition of being replete
Swedish överfyllnad
  • överfyllnadthe condition of being replete

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

retpolineinterlopeinterpoleterpineolpetroline
Cite this entry
APA

repletion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repletion

MLA

“repletion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repletion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repletion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repletion.

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