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repletion

repletion

1 9.0
A feeling of being too full after eating or drinking
  • noun
  • /rɪˈpliːʃən/
translation icon : saciedad
  • She found the repletion of her stomach uncomfortable after indulging in too many desserts.

Examples

  • The feast was so abundant that guests left the table with a feeling of repletion and satisfaction.

  • After a big holiday dinner, he felt a sense of repletion that made him want to take a nap.

  • Finally, retreatment after significant repletion of CD27+ memory B cells could not prevent a clinical attack in patient 16.

    Blog text (30)
  • The dynamics of yin, yang, depletion, and repletion constitute more than half of what one should know about the Way of medicine.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Thanks to a chef the President had flown in especially from Rome, the food had been first-rate, and as Luz spoke, most of the lesser luminaries, already stuffed to repletion, were struggling to do justice to the French cognac and Spanish port.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Hosts were held for 3 days in cages with wire mesh floors suspended over pans lined with wet paper towels so that ticks could feed to repletion, drop from hosts, and be collected.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

full stomach
vsrepletion
5 1.0

The feeling you have after you eat enough food

covers that ordinary meal fullness but can also mean excessive filling
surfeit
vsrepletion
  • Formal
4 8.8

Too much of something that causes discomfort or dislike

also covers ordinary satisfied fullness after eating not only excess
satiety
vsrepletion
3 8.0

The feeling of being full after eating and not wanting more food

includes also excessive fullness rather than only sufficient satisfaction
satiation
vsrepletion
1 6.6

A feeling of being full after eating enough food

includes cases of being overly full or excessive after eating
sense of fullness
vsrepletion
3.8

A feeling of not being hungry after eating that makes you not want more food

can also refer to an extreme overfull state rather than just normal satisfaction

Antonyms

266 1.0

A feeling of weakness and discomfort when you need food

14 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

How Full

repletion
1 9.0
satiation
1 6.6

Surface Forms

repletion singular
repletions plural

Morphology

repletion = replete (transparent) = replete + ion

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'replete' with '-ion' meaning 'the state of being full', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Repletion comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and plere 'to fill', the same root you see in complete and the opposite word deplete. So repletion means being full, often the heavy feeling you get after eating too much.