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repletion

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re·ple·tion  (r-plshn)
n.
1. The condition of being fully supplied or completely filled.
2. A state of excessive fullness.
repletion [rɪˈpliːʃən]
n
1. the state or condition of being replete; fullness, esp excessive fullness due to overeating
2. the satisfaction of a need or desire
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.repletion - the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
satiation, satiety
fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
2.repletion - eating until excessively full
surfeit
eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Translations
repletion [rɪˈpliːʃən] N (liter) → saciedad f, repleción f
to eat to repletion → comer realmente bien
repletion
n (form) → Sättigung f; to eat to repletion → essen, bis man gesättigt ist
repletion [rɪˈpliːʃ/ən] n (frm) → sazietà
repletion [rɪˈpliːʃ/ən] n (frm) → sazietà


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Wealth and poverty, fame and obscurity, power and subordination, strength and weakness, health and disease, culture and ignorance, work and leisure, repletion and hunger, virtue and vice, are only greater or lesser degrees of freedom.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She reached out her hand to Billy's and sighed with sheer repletion of content.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
"Because," replied the doctor, "our master Hippocrates, the polestar and beacon of medicine, says in one of his aphorisms omnis saturatio mala, perdicis autem pessima, which means 'all repletion is bad, but that of partridge is the worst of all.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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