Words that rhyme with appropriation

• evaporation 4
  n 1: the process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation] 2: the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation]
• emigration 3
  n 1: migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) [syn: emigration, out-migration, expatriation]
• fluoridation 1
  n 1: the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) [syn: fluoridation, fluoridization, fluoridisation]
• abbreviation 0
  n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
• abdication 0
  n 1: a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn: abdication, stepping down] 2: the act of abdicating [syn: abdication, stepping down]
• aberration 0
  n 1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance] 2: a disorder in one's mental state 3: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image [syn: aberration, distortion, optical aberration]
• abomination 0
  n 1: a person who is loathsome or disgusting 2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium] 3: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
• abrogation 0
  n 1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment]
• acceleration 0
  n 1: an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change" [ant: deceleration, retardation, slowing] 2: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed [syn: acceleration, quickening, speedup] [ant: deceleration] 3: (physics) a rate of increase of velocity [ant: deceleration]
• accentuation 0
  n 1: the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance 2: the act of giving special importance or significance to something [syn: emphasizing, accenting, accentuation]
• acclamation 0
  n 1: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat]
• acclimation 0
  n 1: adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) [syn: acclimatization, acclimatisation, acclimation]
• accumulation 0
  n 1: an increase by natural growth or addition [syn: accretion, accumulation] 2: several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage] 3: the act of accumulating [syn: accumulation, accrual, accruement] 4: (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
• accusation 0
  n 1: a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt [syn: accusation, accusal] 2: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" [syn: accusation, charge]
• activation 0
  n 1: stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical [ant: inactivation] 2: the activity of causing to have energy and be active [syn: energizing, activating, activation] 3: making active and effective (as a bomb) [ant: deactivation, defusing]
• actuation 0
  n 1: the act of propelling [syn: propulsion, actuation]
• adaptation 0
  n 1: a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" [syn: adaptation, version] 2: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) [syn: adaptation, adaption, adjustment] 3: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
• adjudication 0
  n 1: the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented
• admiration 0
  n 1: a feeling of delighted approval and liking [syn: admiration, esteem] 2: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising [syn: wonder, wonderment, admiration] 3: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: admiration, appreciation]
• adoration 0
  n 1: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship, adoration] 2: the act of admiring strongly [syn: adoration, idolization, idolisation] 3: the worship given to God alone [syn: adoration, latria]
• adulation 0
  n 1: servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
• adulteration 0
  n 1: being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating [syn: adulteration, debasement] 2: the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
• affectation 0
  n 1: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]
• affiliation 0
  n 1: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie- up] 2: the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
• affirmation 0
  n 1: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something [syn: avowal, avouchment, affirmation] 2: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn: affirmation, assertion, statement] 3: (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) 4: a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand [ant: reversal]
• affrication 0
  n 1: the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
• aggravation 0
  n 1: an exasperated feeling of annoyance [syn: aggravation, exasperation] 2: unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [syn: aggravation, irritation, provocation] 3: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" [syn: aggravation, exacerbation]
• agitation 0
  n 1: a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance 2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest] 3: the feeling of being agitated; not calm [ant: calmness] 4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo] 5: the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
• alienation 0
  n 1: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: alienation, disaffection, estrangement] 2: separation resulting from hostility [syn: alienation, estrangement] 3: (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership" 4: the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students"
• allegation 0
  n 1: (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice" 2: statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove [syn: allegation, allegement]
• alleviation 0
  n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" [syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement] 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]
• allocation 0
  n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment, allocation] 2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation] 3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions [syn: allocation, storage allocation]
• alteration 0
  n 1: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" [syn: change, alteration, modification] 2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: alteration, modification, adjustment] 3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [syn: revision, alteration]
• altercation 0
  n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]
• amalgamation 0
  n 1: the combination of two or more commercial companies [syn: amalgamation, merger, uniting]
• amelioration 0
  n 1: the act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn: amelioration, melioration, betterment]
• amputation 0
  n 1: a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs 2: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
• animation 0
  n 1: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 2: the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" [syn: animation, vitality] 3: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification] 4: the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: vivification, invigoration, animation] 5: the making of animated cartoons 6: general activity and motion [syn: liveliness, animation]
• annihilation 0
  n 1: destruction by annihilating something [syn: annihilation, obliteration] 2: total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" [syn: annihilation, disintegration]
• annotation 0
  n 1: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: note, annotation, notation] 2: the act of adding notes [syn: annotation, annotating]
• annunciation 0
  n 1: a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25] 2: (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ 3: a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration]
• anticipation 0
  n 1: an expectation [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 2: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 3: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision] 4: anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [syn: anticipation, expectation]
• appellation 0
  n 1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: appellation, denomination, designation, appellative]
• application 0
  n 1: the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis" [syn: application, practical application] 2: a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications" 3: the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"; [syn: application, coating, covering] 4: a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications" [syn: application, application program, applications programme] 5: liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" [syn: lotion, application] 6: a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application" [syn: application, diligence] 7: the action of putting something into operation; "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"
• appreciation 0
  n 1: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" [syn: appreciation, grasp, hold] 2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness] 3: an expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation in a short note" 4: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: admiration, appreciation] 5: an increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" [ant: depreciation]
• approbation 0
  n 1: official approval 2: official recognition or approval [ant: condemnation, disapprobation]
• arbitration 0
  n 1: (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) 2: the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration" [syn: arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement]
• articulation 0
  n 1: the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech 2: the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction] 3: expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn: articulation, voice] 4: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) [syn: joint, articulation, articulatio] 5: the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
• asphyxiation 0
  n 1: the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture" [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation] 2: killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation]
• aspiration 0
  n 1: a will to succeed 2: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" [syn: ambition, aspiration, dream] 3: a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath 4: the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in]
• assimilation 0
  n 1: the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family 2: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another [syn: assimilation, absorption] 3: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion [syn: assimilation, absorption] 4: a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound 5: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure [syn: acculturation, assimilation] 6: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
• association 0
  n 1: a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" 2: the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" 3: the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation] 4: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion] 5: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up] 6: a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite" 7: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding 8: (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
• attenuation 0
  n 1: weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: attenuation, fading] 2: the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density
• augmentation 0
  n 1: the amount by which something increases 2: the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) [ant: diminution] 3: the act of augmenting
• automation 0
  n 1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn: automation, mechanization, mechanisation] 2: the condition of being automatically operated or controlled; "automation increases productivity" 3: equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation; "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment"
• aviation 0
  n 1: the aggregation of a country's military aircraft [syn: aviation, air power] 2: the operation of aircraft to provide transportation 3: the art of operating aircraft [syn: aviation, airmanship] 4: travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air]
• avocation 0
  n 1: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
• bifurcation 0
  n 1: a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) 2: the place where something divides into two branches 3: the act of splitting into two branches
• calculation 0
  n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: calculation, computation, computing] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning] 3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: calculation, deliberation]
• calibration 0
  n 1: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration" [syn: calibration, standardization, standardisation]
• calumniation 0
  n 1: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job]
• cancellation 0
  n 1: the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement 2: the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
• capitulation 0
  n 1: a document containing the terms of surrender 2: a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic 3: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
• carnation 0
  adj 1: pink or pinkish n 1: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus] 2: a pink or reddish-pink color
• castration 0
  n 1: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn: castration, emasculation] 2: surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization" 3: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work [syn: expurgation, castration]
• causation 0
  n 1: the act of causing something to happen [syn: causing, causation]
• celebration 0
  n 1: a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event [syn: celebration, jubilation] 2: any joyous diversion [syn: celebration, festivity] 3: the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" [syn: celebration, solemnization, solemnisation]
• cessation 0
  n 1: a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation, surcease]
• cetacean 0
  adj 1: of or relating to whales and dolphins etc [syn: cetacean, cetaceous] n 1: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals [syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower]
• citation 0
  n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation] 2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) 3: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation] 4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation] 5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding 6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
• coagulation 0
  n 1: the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: curdling, clotting, coagulation]
• codification 0
  n 1: the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order 2: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) [syn: code, codification]
• cogitation 0
  n 1: a carefully considered thought about something; "his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook" 2: attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer" [syn: cogitation, study]
• cohabitation 0
  n 1: the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)
• collocation 0
  n 1: a grouping of words in a sentence 2: the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition, apposition, collocation]
• coloration 0
  n 1: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" [syn: color, colour, coloration, colouration] 2: appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration" [syn: coloration, colouration] 3: choice and use of colors (as by an artist) [syn: coloration, colouration]
• combination 0
  n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities 2: a coordinated sequence of chess moves 3: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe" 4: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" 5: an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) 6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order 7: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]
• commendation 0
  n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation] 2: a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" [syn: approval, commendation] [ant: disapproval]
• commutation 0
  n 1: the travel of a commuter [syn: commutation, commuting] 2: a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one 3: (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law [syn: commutation, re-sentencing] 4: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" [syn: substitution, exchange, commutation]
• compensation 0
  n 1: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) 2: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors 3: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn: recompense, compensation]
• compilation 0
  n 1: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) [syn: compilation, digest] 2: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" [syn: compilation, compiling]
• complication 0
  n 1: the act or process of complicating 2: a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication" 3: any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis" 4: a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: complication, ramification] 5: puzzling complexity [syn: complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness]
• computation 0
  n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: calculation, computation, computing] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]
• conciliation 0
  n 1: the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed" 2: any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration 3: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]
• condemnation 0
  n 1: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism" [syn: disapprobation, condemnation] [ant: approbation] 2: (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) 3: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group [syn: execration, condemnation, curse] 4: the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved nothing but condemnation" 5: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal]
• condensation 0
  n 1: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams 2: the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state 3: atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold [syn: condensation, condensate] 4: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" [syn: compression, condensation, contraction] 5: a shortened version of a written work [syn: condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule] 6: the act of increasing the density of something [syn: condensing, condensation]
• confirmation 0
  n 1: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation] 2: information that confirms or verifies 3: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment" [syn: ratification, confirmation] 4: a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism 5: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
• confiscation 0
  n 1: seizure by the government [syn: confiscation, arrogation]
• congregation 0
  n 1: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful] 2: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" 3: the act of congregating [syn: congregation, congregating]
• conjugation 0
  n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation] 2: the inflection of verbs 3: the complete set of inflected forms of a verb 4: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms 5: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union] 6: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]
• connotation 0
  n 1: what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression [syn: intension, connotation] 2: an idea that is implied or suggested
• consecration 0
  n 1: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study" 2: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"
• conservation 0
  n 1: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change [syn: conservation, preservation] 2: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources 3: (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
• consolation 0
  n 1: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him" [syn: consolation, solace, solacement] 2: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her" [syn: consolation, comfort, solace]
• constipation 0
  n 1: irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis [syn: constipation, irregularity] 2: the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening]
• consubstantiation 0
  n 1: the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
• consultation 0
  n 1: a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" [syn: consultation, audience, interview] 2: a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists" 3: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: reference, consultation]
• consummation 0
  n 1: the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse 2: the act of bringing to completion or fruition
• continuation 0
  n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation] 2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it [syn: sequel, continuation] 3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction [syn: good continuation, continuation, law of continuation] 4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]
• conversation 0
  n 1: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

See also appropriation definition and appropriation synonyms