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/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/ · noun
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up..
We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.
I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
Use exhaustion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Exhaustion means The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up..
Common synonyms include fatigue, tiredness, exhaustedness, exhaustion.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.
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