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repletion

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being replete; fullness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: depletion

2

noun

Meaning 2

Plethora of the blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

eating until excessively full

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: surfeit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eating, feeding

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: satiety, satiation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fullness

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: насита (nasita) — the condition of being replete
  • Bulgarian: пресищане (presištane) — the condition of being replete
  • French: réplétion — the condition of being replete
  • Irish: lánmhaireacht — the condition of being replete
  • Latin: plēnitās — the condition of being replete
  • Latin: saturitas — the condition of being replete
  • Manx: saieys — the condition of being replete
  • Manx: saieid — the condition of being replete
  • Russian: изоби́лие (izobílije) — the condition of being replete
  • Russian: перепо́лненность (perepólnennostʹ) — the condition of being replete
  • Swedish: överfyllnad — the condition of being replete