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Repletion Rih Plee Shun Noun Condition Completely Filled Satisfied French

'Repletion' is the condition of being completely filled or satisfied, often with food.

'Repletion' is the condition of being completely filled or satisfied, often with food.

Front repletion \rih-PLEE-shun\
Back noun
The condition of being completely filled or satisfied.

[Via French, from Latin replere, from re- (back, again) + plere (to fill), from plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1398.]

"Her body tingled with repletion and yet she was somehow unsatisfied." - Susan Swann; The Ritual of Pearls; Little, Brown; 1995.

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