# inanition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnəˈnɪʃən/

## Definitions
1. The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
2. A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.
3. A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.

## Etymology
From Middle English inanicioun, borrowed from Old French inanition, itself borrowed from Late Latin inānītio, from inānīre (“to make empty”), from inānis (“empty, vain”); see inane.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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