repletion

/ri'pli:ʃn/
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repletion

He leaned back from the table with a sigh of repletion.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The act of eating until excessively full: The condition of having consumed food to the point of complete and often uncomfortable satiety.
    • The state of being completely filled or supplied: A condition of being satisfactorily full, saturated, or supplied to capacity, often beyond a normal or desired limit.
Usage
  • General Use: "Repletion" is a formal noun used to describe a state of extreme fullness, most commonly from eating but also applicable to other contexts of saturation.
  • Context: It often carries a connotation of excess, implying that the point of comfortable fullness has been surpassed.
Examples
  • After the seven-course feast, a feeling of repletion settled over the guests, leaving them unable to move.
  • The repletion of the storage tanks meant no more water could be added.
  • He ate to repletion at the buffet, a decision he later regretted.
Advanced Usage
  • "To eat to repletion": A common collocation meaning to eat until one is completely and excessively full.
    • The holiday tradition was to eat to repletion, enjoying every dish on the table.
  • Conceptual Repletion: Used metaphorically for non-physical states of being overly filled.
    • The market's repletion with similar products made it hard for new ones to stand out.
Variants and Related Words
  • Replete (adjective): Completely filled or well-supplied with something.
    • The report was replete with detailed examples.
  • Repletive (adjective, rare): Tending to fill or characterized by repletion.
Synonyms
  • Satiety: The state of being satiated or gratified to the full, often used interchangeably with repletion but sometimes with less emphasis on excess.
  • Surfeit: An excessive amount of something, often leading to disgust or illness.
  • Fullness: The condition of being filled, a more general and less formal term.
Antonyms
  • Depletion: The reduction in the number or quantity of something.
  • Emptiness: The state of containing nothing.
  • Hunger: A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "Filled to repletion": An idiom meaning completely and utterly full.
    • After the huge meal, I was filled to repletion.
repletion

He leaned back from the table with a sigh of repletion.

Noun
  1. eating until excessively full
  2. the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

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