depletion

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
2. (countable, uncountable) The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
4. (countable, uncountable) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.

Synonyms

exhaustion

impoverishment

emptying

reduction

decrease

decrement

diminution

emaciation

detraction

drain

drainage

dwindling

enervation

evacuation

exhausting

frazzle

impairment

lassitude

loss

mitigation

passage

prostration

reduce

removal

shortening

shrinkage

understatement

using up

voidance

weariness

lack of

minification

abate

fatigue

abatement

consumption

contraction

depreciation

derogation

destitution

deterioration

Translations

épuisement

Depletion

agotamiento

depleção

deplezione

άδειασμα

Erschöpfung

εξάντληση

diminuição

impoverimento

Abbau

diminution

uitputting

Abreicherung

déplétion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpliːʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.