noun
Meaning 1
accomplishment; fulfillment
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
expletion
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noun
Meaning 2
An expletive or interjection
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
Etymology
From Latin expletio (“a satisfying”). See expletive.