depletion
See also: déplétion
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.
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depletion (countable and uncountable, plural depletions)
- The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
- (medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
- (accounting, mining, timber, petroleum) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
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exhaustion
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consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished