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depletion

/dɪˈpliːʃən/ noun

Latin root: depletio Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about depletion at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The act of decreasing something markedly.
  2. The state of being depleted.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.

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