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expletion

expletion noun: accomplishment; fulfillment.

Noun

expletion

  1. (obsolete) accomplishment; fulfillment
    • For sure they conduce nothing at all to the Perfection of Men's Natures, nor the Expletion of their Desires1713, John Killingbeck, Eighteen sermons on practical subjects
  2. (archaic) An expletive or interjection

Origin of expletion

From Latin expletio (“a satisfying”). See expletive.

Questions about expletion

What does expletion mean?
Expletion means accomplishment; fulfillment.
What part of speech is expletion?
Expletion is a noun.

Words near expletion in the dictionary

  1. explemental
  2. explementary
  3. explementary angles
  4. explements
  5. explete
  6. expletion
  7. expletive
  8. expletive deleted
  9. expletive deleteds
  10. expletive infixation
  11. expletively

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