| n. | 1. | The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. |
| Noun | 1. | inanition - weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy |
| 2. | inanition - exhaustion resulting from lack of food |