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SATIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satiation mean? 

SATIATION (noun)
  The noun SATIATION has 2 senses:

1. the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on moreplay

2. the act of achieving full gratificationplay

  Familiarity information: SATIATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SATIATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

repletion; satiation; satiety

Hypernyms ("satiation" is a kind of...):

fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of achieving full gratification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("satiation" is a kind of...):

gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)

Derivation:

satiate (fill to satisfaction)


 Context examples 


Unhappily you have crushed this fine specimen at the moment of satiation.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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