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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inanition \In`a*ni"tion\, n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr inanire to empty, fr inanis empty. Cf {Inane}.] The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor. Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. --Burton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inanition n 1: lack of vitality or energy [syn: {lassitude}, {lethargy}] 2: exhaustion resulting from lack of food
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