Obs. [ad. L. explētiōn-em, n. of action f. explēre: see EXPLETE v.] The action of filling, the state of being filled to the full; satisfaction.
1629. Gaule, Holy Madn., 400–1. Expletion but increases the Malady.
1677. Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., IV. viii. 377. The expletion of the Faculties of the Sensible Nature.
1717. J. Killinbeck, 18 Serm., xviii. 374. For sure they conduce nothing at all to the Perfection of Men’s Natures, nor the Expletion of their Desires.
