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satiety

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Satiety \Sa*ti"e*ty\, n. [L. satietas, from satis, sat, enough:
   cf. F. sati['e]t['e].]
   The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of
   gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual
   desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification
   which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion;
   satiation.

         In all pleasures there is satiety.       --Hakewill.

         But thy words, with grace divine Imbued, bring to their
         sweetness no satiety.                    --Milton.

   Syn: Repletion; satiation; surfeit; cloyment.

Source : WordNet®

satiety
     n : the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on
         more [syn: {repletion}, {satiation}]
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