replenishment

noun

re·​plen·​ish·​ment -shmənt 

plural -s

1

: something that replenishes : a new supply

organizations accustomed to recruit new members from among the new immigrants were now cut off from replenishments

—Oscar Handlin

2

: the act or process of replenishing or the state of being replenished

propagates cutthroat trout, chiefly for the replenishment of mountain streams

—American Guide Series: Oregon

promised him rest and replenishment

—Winifred Bambrick

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