'Exhaustion' definitions:
Definition of 'exhaustion'
(from WordNet)
noun
Extreme fatigue
noun
noun
The act of exhausting something entirely
Definition of 'Exhaustion'
From: GCIDE
- Exhaustion \Ex*haus"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exhaustion.]
- 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exhaustion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- ablation,
- absorption,
- assimilation,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- blunting,
- breakdown,
- burning up,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- chronic ill health,
- circulatory collapse,
- cleaning out,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- collapse,
- consumption,
- corrosion,
- crack-up,
- crackup,
- damping,
- deadening,
- debilitation,
- debility,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrepitude,
- defecation,
- delicacy,
- delicate health,
- deliquescence,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- devitalization,
- digestion,
- dilution,
- discharge,
- discharging cargo,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- drain,
- drainage,
- draining,
- drawing out,
- dulling,
- eating up,
- effemination,
- egress,
- elimination,
- emptying,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- erosion,
- evacuation,
- evaporation,
- evisceration,
- excretion,
- exhaustedness,
- exhausting,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- extenuation,
- fatigue,
- feebleness,
- finishing,
- fragility,
- frailty,
- healthlessness,
- hypochondria,
- hypochondriasis,
- ill health,
- impoverishment,
- inanition,
- infirmity,
- ingestion,
- invalidism,
- invalidity,
- languishing,
- languishment,
- lassitude,
- leakage,
- loss,
- mitigation,
- morbidity,
- morbidness,
- nervous breakdown,
- nervous exhaustion,
- nervous prostration,
- neurasthenia,
- off-loading,
- peakedness,
- poor health,
- prostration,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- removal,
- shrinkage,
- sickliness,
- slackening,
- softening,
- spending,
- squandering,
- thinning,
- tiredness,
- unhealthiness,
- unloading,
- unsoundness,
- unwholesomeness,
- using,
- using up,
- valetudinarianism,
- venting,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting,
- wasting away,
- weakening,
- weakliness,
- wear and tear,
- weariness,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- wearing down
Words containing 'Exhaustion'
- Exhaust,
- Exhausted,
- Exhauster,
- Exhaustibility,
- Exhaustible,
- Exhausting,
- Exhaustive,
- Exhaustively,
- Exhaustment,
- Exhaust draught,
- Exhaust fan,
- Exhaust nozzle,
- Exhaust orifice,
- Exhaust pipe,
- Exhaust port,
- Exhaust purifier,
- Exhaust steam,
- Exhaust valve,
- Exhausted receiver,
- Variable exhaust,
- exhaust fumes,
- exhaust hood,
- exhaust manifold,
- exhaust system,
- heat exhaustion,
- mental exhaustion,
- nervous exhaustion,
- exhausting tiring wearing wearying